sam_sikkim

1st Memorandum Submitted to the Government of India

This document has been directly taken from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha website,
Available at http://www.gorkhajanmuktimorcha.org/articles_poems.php

Introduction
The demand for a separate state within the Constitutional framework and within the Indian Union, consisting of Darjeeling District and the Dooars region of West Bengal is arguably the oldest and most outstanding demand in the country today. This demand for separate statehood is founded on the bedrock of a historical, economic and political rationale. Against the backdrop of socio-economic exploitation, political and cultural hegemony, misgovernance and exclusion, the demand has become an expression of the ingrained and deep rooted aspirations of the people to secure to themselves, and to their succeeding generations, the right to determine their own future. This paper, without laying claims to exhaustiveness, traces the genesis of the demand and its justification.

Area
The territorial limits of the new State of Gorkhaland measuring a total of about 6246 km² would be comprised of the District of Darjeeling, (roughly 2417.3 km²) and the contiguous area known as the Dooars running along the northern border of the District of Jalpaiguri contiguous the southern border of Kalimpong subdivision and Bhutan, roughly 3828.7 km². A breakdown of the mauzas and police stations is set forth in appendix A.

Kaushik Chatterjee

gorkhaland is impossible dream of our gorkha friends.. darjeeling is total bengal; it's like kashmir to india. tibet to china. asking for gorkahland is like asking candy from a baby, it is bengal we are all indians not separate states. thankyou

sudhir bose

hi kaushik r u from hooghly..kamon aacho? kalker jetra kamon chilo? looking for trekking information again, this time call me ok.... ami tomar sathe aasbo.

sam_sikkim

You don't know anything about gorkhas!my friend and we are not a baby!

Unregistered

india is getting congusted.. we r not like other contries where they have many land... we need land in this country .THINK BOUT our bengali population... nowhere to go...so settle down friend, this is a national issue.. we darjeeling and all bengal must unite........
its not racial issue here...

daj_bro

gorkaland is our birth right my friend.... a bangali can not understand a gorkha's problem. we are differ form you.