Historic Documents

PAPER READ ON 12 JULY 2008 IN THE SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY GORKHA JANAMUKTI SECONDARY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, KURSEONG CHAPTER, AT GORKHA LIBRARY Dr. Sonam B Wangyal ... [full story]

The demand of the state of Gorkhaland A constitutional view point By Poonam Kumar Sharma, Advocate Article 3 of the constitution Of India states as follows: Parliament may by law - a)    Form a new State by ... [full story]

Reclaiming the Darjeeling Terai Vimal Khawas The Gorkhas of Darjeeling Hills and its adjoining Terai/Dooars have often been lamented as ‘foreigners’ by different categories of mainstream Indian population notably Politicians and Journalists at different points of ... [full story]

 URBAN MANAGEMENT IN DARJEELING HIMALAYA - A CASE STUDY OF DARJEELING MUNICIPALITY Vimal Khawas vimalkhawas@yahoo.co.uk   CONTENTS    1. INTRODUCTION TO THE RECENT ACTS GOVERNING URBAN LOCAL BODIES           * Backdrop           * Urban Governance ... [full story]

Historical outline of the migratory movements In view of the misunderstandings and confusions which are being deliberately created regarding the history of the region and the migratory movements, we are setting out below a brief outline of the history ... [full story]

MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT Between Government of India, Government of West Bengal and Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council for creating a New Council for the Hill areas of Darjeeling District, under the Sixth Schedule of Constitution of India. 1. The ... [full story]

MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT - BODO The Government of India and the Government of Assam have been making concerted efforts to fulfill the aspirations of the Bodo people relating to their cultural identity, language, education and ... [full story]

Darjeeling; As the whole country wakes up to the implications of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005, since its inception in October, 2005, which, is an effective tool to fight corruption and maintain transparency in all government and ... [full story]

TREATY OF SEGOWLEE 02.12.1815. TREATY of PEACE between the HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND MAHARAJAH BIKRAM SASH, Rajah of Nipal, settled between LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BRADSHAW on the part of the HONOURABLE COMPANY, in ... [full story]

TREATY OF  TITALIA 10.02.1817.     TREATY, COVENANT or AGREEMENT  entered into by CAPTAIN BARRE LATTER,AGENT  on the part of HIS EXCELLENCY, the RIGHT  HON’BLE, the EARL OF MOIRA,K.G.’ GOVERNOR GENERAL , etc., and by NAZIR CHAINA TENJIN and MACHA ... [full story]