Do you want to get acquainted with the “Queen of the Himalayas”? Come to the breathtaking Indian city – Darjeeling. This wonderful settlement is neatly located at the foothill of the gracious and spectacular Himalayan Mountains. Gorgeous snow-capped mountain tops, endless tea plantations on the hills – all these make Darjeeling a unique and absolutely enchanting city. This settlement has long become the calling card of India’s West Bengal State. Due to mountain sceneries of striking beauty, more and more tourists from different parts of the world visit Darjeeling every year. It is hard to find a similar tourist destination in India. Chogyals (Kings) of the Kingdom of Sikkim controlled the territory of modern Darjeeling until the 80s of the 18th century. Later, the Gurkhas of Nepal tried to conquer the territory. After that, East India Company started controlling Darjeeling, but the region’s border still belonged to the British. It was British officers who discovered an old monastery in a remote area in 1828. They considered the monastery a suitable place to build a sanatorium. The Sikkim’s leader had nothing against leasing the uninhabited territory. This is how the first station called Darjeeling appeared in this region in 1835. This is also the time when the first tea plantations were founded here. Forests started disappearing, and new buildings and manufactures appeared instead of them. Moreover, tea plantations required more free territory.
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