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| Article Name : | | | PROCESS AND PROSPECTS OF DARJEELING HILL DEVELOPMENT AND URBANIZATION: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS | | Author Name : | | | SANKAR BISWAS | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-1981 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The rapid growth and development in Darjeeling hills was primarily through the introduction of tea industry in the hills. By the middle of the nineteenth century tea industry had become the major economic activity in Darjeeling. Intact the tea industry exerted a deep influence upon the growth and development of the hill city. The first such influence was found in the improvement of transport system. Initially the industry was almost entirely in the hands of Europeans. The rapid growth of tea industry in Darjeeling hills generated a huge demand of labour force and this could not be supplied by the local inhabitants that are why the Britishers were compelled to invite the outsiders. People of Nepal were preferred instead of Indian Tribes and Indian plainsmen because of their similarities with the local hill people. Actually they were found to be born cultivators resourceful and hardworking. The migration has played a vital role in the population increase in Darjeeling hill area. Naturally it has a pronounce effect on the Urbanization of the region .every year a large number of people migrated from Nepal. Darjeeling hills are the major recipient of these people. The rapid increase of population in the hill made a real urbanization in Darjeeling from quantitative point of view. | | Keywords : | | |
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