It is a pity that every time the Gorkhas residing in India, specially those residing in the Darjeeling district & Dooars, raise the demand of a separate state in consonance with the Article 3 of the Indian constitution,
Why formation of a separate state of Gorkhaland Ans: The demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland dates back to 1907 when the leaders of the Hill People of India
The region of Darjeeling and the Dooars have always been perceived merely as a source of revenue even when the nation’s borders were being drawn in 1947.
Institutional perception of the people of the proposed new State of Gorkhaland presents a curious paradox. Whilst on the one hand the people of Darjeeling and the Dooars namely the Indian Gorkhas have
It is in the context of identity that the clamour for a separate state for the Gorkhas of India has arisen. The demand for Gorkhaland by no stretch of imagination signifies a Gorkha versus Bengali confrontation.
The Indian Gorkhas, having a distinct socio-cultural identity and concentrated in contiguous districts of north Bengal, are seeking a separate state of Gorkhaland within the Indian union in order to preserve, protect and promote their identity.
In the last about 20 years of the Council’s existence, the situation in Darjeeling hills reached point of no return. Many of the tea gardens were closed down and entire cinchona plantation has been literally discontinued.
The genesis of the demand can be traced without difficulty back to 1907. There had been several and determined representations by various political parties including Indian National Congress, undivided Communist Party of India,
The demand for the creation of the new state of Gorkhaland enjoys popular support amongst all the inhabitants of the area. In the District of Darjeeling an overwhelming majority of the people comprising of the Indian Gorkhas
