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Description: | View showing the town of Darjeeling with the snow capped eastern Himalayas in the distance, from the Elgin Collection: 'Spring Tours 1894-98', taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the1880s. Darjeeling in the Eastern Himalayas is built on a long spur projecting northwards like a letter Y from the Senchal-Singalia mountain range and descends the hillsides in a series of landings. Darjeeling was part of the territory of the Rajas of Sikkim till the 18th century and was given to the British in 1835. The British built a sanatorium here and it soon became the summer headquarters of the Bengal government. Tea-growing was introduced here and it is surrounded by terraces of tea gardens. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Bourne and Shepherd | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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