Until the mid-1970s, every school assembly, and every ceremonial occasion, in Nepal would begin with the national anthem that includes the verses Paschima killa Kangra, purba ma Teesta pugetheu, Kun shaktiko samuma, kahile kami jhuketheu? The verses translate as “Kangra on the western border, Teesta in the east, Nepal has always been a country that has never bowed to any power in the world.”Although the Nepali-speaking segment makes up just 1.2 per cent of Bengal’s population. Darjeeling evokes more interest in Nepal than any other Indian region where Nepali-speaking persons are settled. The idea of a “Greater Nepal” still motivates a section of Nepal activists who want Darjeeling restored.
During the British Raj, Darjeeling was where migrant Nepalis preferred to work, chiefly in the tea gardens. Some returned home after the tea season, some settled in Darjeeling, and others went as far as Assam.Darjeeling, ceded by Nepal to the British East India Company back in 1815, continues to be the centrepiece of the bond between people who speak Nepali on either side of the border. Today, it is language that is now driving the Gorkhaland movement in Darjeeling.
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