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Wasteland rules of 1838 and 1854
In January, 1839, the first batch of tea manufactured in the Assam nurseries was sent to and sold at a very high price in the London market. Rana P Behal in his book, One hundred years of Servitude – Political Economy of Tea Plantations in Assam, writes, “the arrival and sale of tea in the…
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A conversation between French Consul Pierre Landy and Prince Peter of Greece
The original document was documented by Vice Consul W.G.Gibson. It is basically a conversation between Prince Peter of Greece and a Consular Officer. The link to the original document : https://darjeelinghistoryclub.in/e-documents/ This conversation took place on 10th of May, 1952, at Prince Peter’s residence in Kalimpong. Some of the details of the conversation are as…
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A tale of grand and magnificent promises
Very little is documented about Louis Mandelli, a colonial-era tea planter in Darjeeling whose life remains shrouded in gaps and contradictions. What makes Mandelli particularly intriguing is that he was one of the very few non-British planters in the region, and appears to have been connected, directly or indirectly, to Giuseppe Garibaldi, the revolutionary figure…
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A forgotten language
According to a recent study by the Endangered Language Alliance, a New York based organization dedicated to preserving rare languages in the city, there are just 700 Seke speakers in the world. Seke is a language and is classified within the Tamangic branch of the Sino Tibetan language family, and is thus related to Tamang,…
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Gorkha League in Assam, 1945 (Part 2)
Continuation of part 1…. On 5 January 1945, Dambarsingh Gurung addressed a large assembly of Gorkhas at the Tezpur Town Hall, where a collection of Rs. 132 was raised in support of the movement. The delegation reached Singri on 11 January, where an impressive public meeting was organized. During this event, the Singri branch of…
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