DARJEELING, QUEEN OF HILL STATIONS !

Gifted to Britishers in the 1817, it was a hill station for the Britishers to escape the heat of summers. Also known as the Queen of Hill Stations, Darjeeling is a Hill Station of West Bengal. Earlier it was in the hands of Kings Of Sikkim. Whereupon two Brititsh Officers surveyed the town found its easefullness for a route to Nepal and Bhutan. British Government according to the terms of the treaty signed at Titalya on February 10th,1817. Lt. Gen. C.A. Llyod and Mr. J.W. Grant, I.C.S., the Commercial Resident at Maldah, were deputed to settle the internal factions between the Nepal and the Sikkim States. Thus Darjeeling was formed. Darjeeling remained as an inseparable part of West Bengal even after independence.

Toy Train ,World Heritage Railway Station, Tea Gardens; all these and more make it a happening place. Although you won't get much of the city lights but its rocking in the day and night. Hop on the train for a new kind of adventure.

Language : Nepali, Tibbetan, English, Hindi and Bengali
Temperature : Winter - Below 0 Deg centigrade
Summer - Upto 20 Deg Centigrade
A folding umbrella always comes as handy in Darjeeling.
Clothings : Very Warm Wollen clothes in Winter and Cottons in Summer
Best Time to Visit: October to Mid December and February to Mid April