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There were military cantonments at '''Jalapahar''' (alternative spelling '''Jellapahar''') (established 1848), Darjeeling and at '''Lebong''', situated below Darjeeling about eight miles away.
Lebong cantonment was established in 1882 as part of the Jalapahar cantonment, and became a separate cantonment in 1895.<ref>[http://mygorkhaland.wordpress.com/tag/dehradun//Discursive-Hills-Book-Review-.html Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills] November 2008 mygorkhaland.wordpress.com</ref>There were artillery barracks at '''Katapahar''', above Darjeeling and it appears that this was what was called the Darjeeling cantonment. The term "Darjeeling cantonment" seems at times to have also included Jalapahar, which was a convalescent depot. '''Senchal''' was a station five miles from Darjeeling, at an elevation of about 8, 600 feet.
==Cemeteries==
== Records ==
*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
== Related Articles ==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA263 "“Bye Laws” and Office Rules at Darjeeling 1st August 1841"] page 263 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/396/mode/2up "Darjeeling"] page 396 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fxUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA89 The station of Senchal, five miles from Darjeeling] c 1865 is mentioned in " India: Bengal. Report" by C. Macnamara, Medical Officer-in-Charge of the "Chandnie" Hospital, Calcutta, and Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Hospital. Page 89 ''Reports on the progress of practical and scientific medicine'', ed. by H. Dobell, Volume 2, 1871 Google Books
*''Bengal District Gazetteers: Darjeeling'' by L.S.S.O’Malley (reprint 1985/1999, original 1907) is available to download as a searchable pdf file at [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/handle/10689/2958 DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library]. Also available as Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=LhOzszXcM9UC&pg=PP15 Preview]
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LhOzszXcM9UC&pg=PA189 "The cantonments at Darjeeling"], page 189
