Darjilinavasilai Baneerjee 'Gorkhaland
Kathmandu, 25th June: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to more strict to the demands of 'Gorkhaland' strikers. She is confidence to settle this protest without fulfilling any demand. She is threading to Gorkhaland strikers frequently to move back from their demand.
Here comes a twist in the tail from Darjeeling: Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling has lent his support to those demanding statehood for Gorkhaland. In an official communiqué sent to the Centre, Chamling said, "The fulfillment of the constitutional demand of the people of Darjeeling hills will provide long awaited justice to their patriotism."
The Sikkimese twist to the Darjeeling narrative is extremely important from a historical perspective: It was the Raja of Sikkim who had "gifted" Darjeeling to the East India Company way back in 1835. And can you imagine what the Raja received in return? One double barreled gun, one rifle, one piece of red-broad cloth measuring 20 yards, two pairs of shawl (one of superior quality and the other of inferior quality)! What a magnanimous gift parcel from the then governor general!
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The Sikkimese twist to the Darjeeling narrative is extremely important from a historical perspective: It was the Raja of Sikkim who had "gifted" Darjeeling to the East India Company way back in 1835. And can you imagine what the Raja received in return? One double barreled gun, one rifle, one piece of red-broad cloth measuring 20 yards, two pairs of shawl (one of superior quality and the other of inferior quality)! What a magnanimous gift parcel from the then governor general!
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