The case for the separation of the Dooars from the state of West Bengal can be, in the simplest and shortest form, put under three headings: (1) Definition and History of the Dooars, (2) Absolute Administrative Inefficiency and (3) Conclusions.
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.
