Darjeeling town is strung out
over a ridge, just a valley away from Sikkim. It
still attracts traditional tourist for its
well-touted tea gardens and the old British Raj
residual charms. Until beginning of the 18th century
the area was under Sikkimese Raja. Then after the
invasion of Gurkhas from Nepal, the British East
India Company intervened and acquired concession of
the area from the Raja of Sikkim to set up a
sanitarium for its troops due to its favorable
weather conditions. Development was rapid with Tea
Garden and trade with Tibet and India. Today, almost
50 years after the British regime, Darjeeling still
flourishes with tea gardens and seasonal tourist and
retains to this day the old charm and flavor of that
"never ending Victoria era
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