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
The demand for a separate state within the Constitutional framework and within the Indian Union, consisting of Darjeeling District and the Dooars region of West Bengal is arguably the oldest and most
