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The Bengal Natural History Museum was established in 1903 as a small museum in the premises of the Lloyd Botanical Garden under the orders of the then Governor-General of India, Mr. George Nathaniel Curzon. Due to increasing visitors and growing collections, the museum was shifted to its present location in 1915, and the Bengal Natural History ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. City in West Bengal, India This article is about the municipality in West Bengal, India. For the district, see Darjeeling district. For the tea, see Darjeeling tea. For other uses, see Darjeeling (disambiguation). Town in West Bengal, India Darjeeling Town Left to right from top ...
Darjeeling District Map (1838) Darjeeling general view. 1912 The History of Darjeeling covers the history of Darjeeling town and its adjoining hill areas belonging to Sikkim, but eventually part of British India so now in the Indian state of West Bengal, which is intertwined with the history of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Bengal and Great Britain.
Originally a branch of the Kagyupa sect's Phodang Monastery in Sikkim, it was transferred to Darjeeling in 1879. The original location was on the Observatory Hill.The monastic practice was violently interrupted around 1788, when Nepali troops overran the land, destroyed the monastery and converted Dotsug into a place of worship dedicated to Mahakala.
India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
In 1835, the hill of Darjeeling, including an enclave of 138 square miles (360 km 2), was given to the British East India Company by Sikkim. In November 1864, the Treaty of Sinchula was executed in which the Bhutan Dooars with the passes leading into the hills and Kalimpong were ceded to the British by Bhutan .
The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the Terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas.
In 1878, Siliguri was put on the railway map of India, cutting down the journey to two days. [2] In 2007, the train journey from Kolkata to New Jalpaiguri (a new railway station 6 km, 3.7 mi from Siliguri) takes about 10 hours. Thereafter it is 3–4 hours to Ghum or Darjeeling by road or 6–7 hours by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Those ...