Darjeeling is a district of West Bengal whose headquarters are at the hill station of Darjeeling. Kalimpong, Kurseong and Siliguri are the major towns in the district. Siliguri is the largest of them. West Bengal (পশà§à¦šà¦¿à¦® বঙà§à¦—, PosÌcim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... A Hill station in Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan, is a high-altitude town used, especially by European colonialists, as a place of refuge from the summer heat. ... The Toy Train approaching Darjeeling Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and headquarters of Darjeeling district, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. ... Kalimpong town as viewed from a distant hill. ... Siliguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...
Mirik is another recently developed lake resort in this tourist's paradise.
DARJEELING, a hill station and district of British India, in the Bhagalpur division of Bengal.
The Lepchas are considered to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the hilly portion of the district.
In 1835 the nucleus of the present district of British Sikkim or Darjeeling was created by a cession of a portion of the hills by the raja of Sikkim to the British as a sanatorium.
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