Home » October 2006 Queen of hill stations This mountain gem, which is in the news for the centenary of the landmark Central Hotel, has an exotic history R. V. Smith
Situated in the Himalayas at a height of 7,500 ft, Darjeeling is justly famous for its tea gardens, schools, hotels, toy train track, rock garden, and botanical and zoological gardens...Satyajit Ray shot his Kanchenjunga here because of the fabulous view of this majestic peak above the other snow-capped summits. Other film producers followed suit. On Birch Hill is situated the famous Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, once graced by Pandit Nehru and Everest conqueror Tenzing Norgay. Among the other famous people who left their mark on Darjeeling were Aurobindo Ghosh, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose (much of whose life-long work was done in Darjeeling), Rabindranath Tagore and Sister Nivedita (who died here and was cremated on the hill). Today, Darjeeling holds pride of place with its educational institutions, places of worship, pleasure resorts, fashion centres, hotels Mount Everest and what not!
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