Place details
Place nameDarjiling
Other namesDarjeeling, Darjiling, Dorje-Ling
CountryBharat
Latitude27.033
Longitude88.333
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Town acquired from Raja of Sikkim & developed as sanatorium for English soldiers 1835; name means "place of the thunderbolt"; noted for Mount Everest, zoo, museum of natural history, racecourse & hospitals; connected by air to Calcutta.