Darjeeling (ind)

Darjeeling

Darjeeling ranks 3,259th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kōka, Shiga, Lake Forest, Illinois, and Kiev Governorate. Memorable people born in Darjeeling include Vivien Leigh, Lobsang Sangay, and Erick Avari. Memorable people who died in Darjeeling include Sister Nivedita, Rahul Sankrityayan, and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma. Darjeeling has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and linguists. Darjeeling is located in India.

Darjeeling is a city in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of 2,045 metres (6,709 ft). To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, to the east the Kingdom of Bhutan, to the north the Indian state of Sikkim, and farther north the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Bangladesh lies to the south and southeast, and most of the state of West Bengal lies to the south and southwest, connected to the Darjeeling region by a narrow tract. Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, rises to the north and is prominently visible on clear days. Read more on Wikipedia