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* Immaculate Conception Church (Catholic) - (Estab 1848)
* Sacred Heart Church - (Catholic) - (Estab 1898)
 
==Schools and Colleges==
*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 ==
*[http://www.thehimalayanbeacon.com/photogallery/index.php?/category/11 The Robertsons and Darjeeling - A photo feature by Miss Ally McGurk] Click to enlarge. thehimalayanbeacon.com
*Photographs:[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathforrest/sets/72157624430457701/ Darjeeling English] Cath Forrest’s collection on flickr.com. Includes the wording "...the New School, set up during the Second World War to educate the children of British families in India safely, away from the threat of Japanese bombs, was closed at the end of the war. My mother and her classmates, some as young as five, were sent up here all the way from Calcutta on the Darjeeling Mail and the Toy Train.".
*[http://www.news.com.au/news/darjeeling-is-all-the-raj/story-fna7dq6e-1225755871452 "Darjeeling is all the Raj"] by Michael Gebicki August 01, 2009 news.com.au. 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.
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/darjeeling/history.asp History of Darjeeling] from Windamerehotel.com
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/lebong.html The cantonment at Lebong 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia
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