Darjeeling

Darjeeling

Darjeeling or Darjiling , town (1991 pop. 73,062), West Bengal state, NE India, near the border of Sikkim state. Its most famous product is tea, a major cash crop in the region. The town is the administrative center for the Darjeeling Gurkha Autonomous Hill Council and a moarket for grains, spices, and vegetables. Situated at an altitude of c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), Darjeeling is a Himalayan resort commanding majestic views of Mt. Everest and Kanchenjunga. Many Tibetan refugees who fled from the Chinese army in 1959 live in the vicinity. A Gurkha uprising in the 1980s in the Darjeeling district led (1988) to the establishment of what is now the Darjeeling Gurkha Autonomous Hill Council.

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Darjeeling, West Bengal/India Derived from the Tibetan Dorje ling or Dorje‐glin ‘Land of the Dorje’, that is, ‘of the thunderbolt’, the weapon of the Hindu god Indra; according to legend, the place had been struck by a mystic thunderbolt. The British bought the town from the Rāja of Sikkim in 1835 and developed it as a hill station sanatorium for their troops. It has given its name to Darjeeling tea.

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Darjeeling

Darjeeling City at the foot of the Himalayas, West Bengal, ne India. A former British hill station, it is noted for its teas and its views of Kanchenjunga and Everest. Pop. (2001) 107,530.

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Darjeeling Tea's New Certificate of Origin.
Magazine article from: Tea &amp; Coffee Trade Journal; 6/20/2000
Promotion of Darjeeling tea.
Magazine article from: Tea &amp; Coffee Trade Journal; 9/1/1998
Magical, mystical Darjeeling: taking tea in the clouds: part 1.
Magazine article from: Tea &amp; Coffee Trade Journal; 7/20/2004

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