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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.
Map 2: A schematic map showing the Senchal Lakes in relation to Darjeeling The chief catchment area for Darjeeling municipality's water is the Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary , located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the southeast, covering an area of 37.97 square kilometres (14.66 sq mi) and lying between 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) and 2,600 ...
English: A schematic map of Darjeeling Municipality, Darjeeling District, West Bengal India drawn by Fowler&fowler 20:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC) Date 14 July 2022, 16:27:18
Bengali is the official language of the district, with Nepali declared as co-official only in Darjeeling and Kurseong subdivisions. [21] [16] Nepali is the dominant language in the hill divisions, spoken by more than 90% of the people in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik subdivisions, although most hill inhabitants are not from Khas communities ...
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 ...
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.
The map alongside shows the northern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region. Kangchenjunga, which rises with an elevation of 8,586 metres (28,169 ft) is located further north of the area shown. [6] Sandakphu, rising to a height of 3,636 metres (11,929 ft), on the Singalila Ridge, is the highest point in West Bengal. [7]
Charles McFarlane Inglis FES, FZS (8 November 1870 – 13 February 1954) was a naturalist and curator of the Darjeeling museum in India from 1923 to 1948. [1] The museum was run by the Bengal Natural History Society and many of his writings were published in that society's journal which he started and edited. Inglis in 1919 (sitting fourth from ...