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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Darjeeling

A view of Darjeeling
 Darjeeling is a Himalayan city now in the Indian state of West Bengal. Darjeeling was a part of Nepal but British took it from Nepal while it was ruling India. It is internationally renowned as a tourist destination, along with its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is "hill town headquarters" of Darjeeling district with a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal. The town is located in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya at an average elevation of 6,710 ft (2,050 m).

Darjeeling 

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