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Bengal District Gazetteers. Darjeeling

1907

RIVER SYSTEM The valleys on the south-eastern side of the Singalila ridge are drained by the Mechi Balasan and Mahanadi rivers ; and all the remainder of the Darjeeling hills is drained by the Tista and its tributaries except the extreme eastern end where the chief effluent is the Jaldhaka. [...] The colour and coldness of the latter are no doubt due to the number of glaciers which it drains ; while the Rangit is chiefly supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of the Senchal and Singalila hills and hence its water is warmer and clearer except during the height of the rains. [...] THE RAMMAN The Ramman one of the tributaries of the Great Rangit takes its rise under the Phalut peak in the Singalila range which forms the western boundary of the district. [...] The principal tributaries of the Balasan in the hills are the Rinchingtong on the left and the Rangbang on the right bank ; and in the plains the Rakti and Rohini both of which join it on its left bank. [...] At the same time there was annexed to it the portion of the Sikkim hills bounded by the Ramman on the north the Great Rangit and the Tista on the east and by the Nepal frontier on the west a tract of country containing about 5 000 souls.
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Pages
489
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xxxi S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter I Physical Aspects
1-23 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter II History
24-42 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter III The People
43-66 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IV Public Health
67-76 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter V Agriculture
77-90 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VI The Tea Industry
91-109 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VII Forests
110-127 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VIII Natural Calamities
128-137 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IX Rents Wages and Prices
138-151 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter X Occupations Manufactures and Trade
152-164 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XI Means of Communication
165-178 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XII Land Revenue Administration
179-195 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIII General Administration
196-206 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIV Local Self-Government
207-213 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XV Education
214-227 S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XVI Gazetteer
228-266 S.S. O’Malley view
Appendix—I Place Names in Darjeeling
267-280 S.S. O’Malley view
Addendum
281-448 S.S. O’Malley view
Index
449-458 S.S. O’Malley view

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