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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= 27° 1′ 48″ N, 88° 9′ 36″ E|altitude= 2,134 m (7,001 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling] Wikipedia|stateprovince= [[West Bengal]]|country=[[India]]|transport=[[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]]}}
== Records ==
*This newspaper [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html article] in "The Australian" dated 1 August 2009 is about a hotel in Darjeeling “where the clock stopped ticking circa 1930”, and where the library has a substantial collection relating to India's railways.
 
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*The [[British Library]] has the following book in its catalogue:
''Taylor’s Maps of the following Tea Districts, Darjeeling, Terai, Jalpaiguri and Dooars, Darrang, Golaghat, Jorhat Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Sylhet, with complete Index to all Tea Gardens'', published 1910
*The [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html|The Australian newspaper] dated 1 August 2009 has an article about a hotel in Darjeeling “where the clock stopped ticking circa 1930”, and where the library has a substantial collection relating to India's railways.
 
 
== Related Articles ==
 
[[Tea Plantation]]
 
== External Links ==
 
 
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/darjeeling.html Darjeeling] from the website Koi-Hai
*[http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeeling_tea.html Darjeeling Tea History]
*A [http://www.pbase.com/mgpimages/image/49777822 photographPhotograph] of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.  
Also refer [[Tea Plantation]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

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