published: 2017-06-23 06:36:47

Jai Gorkha, Jai Gorkhaland.
These are two words, embedded deep in the hearts of nearly 2 crore Indian Gorkhas across the country. It is the dream of a homeland that they cherish, an essential pre-requisite to acquire a distinctive identity for Indian Gorkhas, separate from those in Nepal.
There is no room for denying the depth of this emotion and the warmth attached around this sentiment. The past week’s developments in the Darjeeling hills showed, once again, how quickly the issue of Gorkhaland can galvanise an otherwise divided society and divergent communities in the hills.

Gorkhaland a Pending Demand since 1907.

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