Worlds historical places

Chandannagar      The moment we hear about Chandannagar first thing that comes in our mind is all about light decoratives done during puja. This place comes under hoogly district located near western bank of hoogly river. It's also called as French colony as this place was said to be first created by french people by occupying small localities in that area.               Name of this place is derived from the shape of the bank of the river Hooghly which is bent like a half-moon (in Bengali, Chand means moon and Nagar implies city), so originally it was chander nagar. Also it's said that there is famous temple of goddess "chandi" besides whom this place was named. According to some localites this place was the major hub of  trade of Sandal.       It's believed in the year 1688 french east india company deslandes paid 40,000 coins to Mughal subahdar in order to build factories .   In the year 1730 Joseph François Dupleix was appointed as governor of that city and un

                 Origin of the name Kalimpong still remains suspicious with lots of untold stories behind it.  Where one of thetheory claims that the word " Kalimpong means-  assembly of the king's minister ". This word is derived from kalon ("King's ministers") and pong ("stockade") which was once known as Dalingkot means isolated spot under Sikkimese rule. People from the hills also called the area Kalempung ("the black spurs").        Prior to China's invasion over Tibet and Sino Indian war Kalimpong used to be the gateway of trade between Tibet and India.        Kalimpong and Darjeeling called for a separate Gorkhaland in 1980s and later in 2010. Between 1986 and 1988 this demand grew more. Since 2007 this demand has been revived by " Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ."      Until mid 19th century the area around was rules by sikkemese and bhutanese. Under Sikkimese rule, the area was known as Dalingkot .     Later, in the

                                      Deolo hill            All of us are mostly aware about the hill station Kalimpong . We might have visited their multiple times. But there is one interesting fact to know about that place and i.e Kalimpong stands between two another big hills which is known as Deolo and Durphin .  Deolo hill Durphin hill       Deolo hill makes an distance of 1704 mt feet and is the highest point of Kalimpong. Durphin Dara makes an distance of 4501 ft from the sea level.                 You will find Zang Dhok Palri Monastery on top of the hill which was consecrated by the Dalai Lama in 1976 . This hill offers an 360 degree view of Kalimpong and neighbouring regions.        Tharpa choling       Durphin Dara is popularly known for  monastery " Tharpa choling ". This place is also referred to as the Durpin monaster . T harpa choling   was established in the year 1922 which was founded by Tibetans in 14th century. This Gompa belongs to the Yellow Hat Sect

                Mirik has got all in itself to attract someone with it's scenaric beauty. This place is surrounded by huge alpine trees, ponds, lakes, mountains, beautifully decorated monasteries. This place is blessed with a pleasant atmosphere. This word Mirik comes from a Lepcha word " mir-yok " which means " place burnt by fire ".          Present lake area was once surrounded by sweet flag which is locally called " Bojho ".      In the year 1969 west bengal tourism department officials started acquiring land from " Thurbo tea estates " in order to convert this place into a tourism place.  This development work began in the year of 1974 under an vigilence of CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray , which was later inaugrated by Jyoti Basu in the year April 1979 .  Since then Mirik became the sub-divisional headquarters of Mirik sub-division.       " Thurbo tea estates" is one of the largest tea estates of Mirik out of 5 other tea esta

    Chatakpur an eco friendly village.       This village is situated on the hilltops of sonada which is 7km away on the way to Darjeeling.         Most interestingly only 18 families live here. This village has barely got 25 homes with 100 villagers.        This is a newly built tourist destination near Darjeeling. This village is located within the Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary where one may also find some eagles and small wild animals as well.       Prior to this village announced as an "eco tourism" place by forest associates this place was known as " timber den " as people used to smuggle out timber. In order to put a stop to this timber struggling, forest officials converted this place into an eco-friendly village also they built some wooden cottages in this forest village for their livelihood.           This place has started getting an extra preference then Tiger hill because one can view an awesome view of sunrise and sunset of Mt. Kanchenjunga better than ti

      My last blog content was on Lamahatta. Similarly we have got another small village situated near Darjeeling named as Bees Gaon (Dist approx 300 KMS).          Bees Gaon is another place blessed by our mother nature surrounded by huge pine trees where  one can refresh themselves with beautiful scenaric view of mountains, trees, tea garden, by filling their ears with beautiful songs sung by sparrows. Sparkling weather and wilderness of this place makes it a lifetime experience for the visitors.       This place has got complete serenity which our own 'Queen of hills' Darjeeling lacks.  Atmosphere of this place is quite alluring which makes this place A perfect offbeat holiday destination.     Sightseeing places here are like Ghoom, batasia, lamahatta,tea gardens, teesta, takdah.    British heritage bungalows have been the major attraction for every visitors. Just a few KMS away one can view the nature park of Lamahatta along with the lush vegetation of Tinchuley. Not only