Darjeeling

Darjeeling is a city in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of 2,045 metres. To... Wikipedia

• Country:  India
• State:  West Bengal
• District:  Darjeeling
• Settled:  Leased in 1835 from Tsugphud Namgyal, the Chogyal of the Kingdom of Sikkim, and annexed in 1849. Municipality, 1 July 1850.
• Founded by:  British East India Company, during Company rule in India
• Type:  Municipality
• Body:  Darjeeling Municipality
• Chairman:  Dipen Thakuri
• Population (2011):  118,805
• Time zone:  IST (UTC+5:30)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo