D S Gurung 1940’s: Scramble for Darjeeling – Part II Writes Sudha Sidhaarth Tamang While assessing the pros and cons of ‘The Chief Commissioners Province’, it was; without a second thought the most rational alternative for both the District of Darjeeling and Dooars. This was, with retrospective of the resolution Dated 13th March 1920. To be precise and accurate; historically, the region comprising Darjeeling and Dooars were the lease hold territories of Sikkim and Bhutan – comprising the two tiny Himalayan Kingdom. As a matter of fact, the region had all along been under a separate and distinct status quo – the last being “Partially Excluded Area”. Given the option to choose, any...
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