Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
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Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council दार्जीलिङ गोरखा हिल परिषद |
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 Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
 Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
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| Coordinates: 27°02′N 88°10′E / 27.03°N 88.16°ECoordinates: 27°02′N 88°10′E / 27.03°N 88.16°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| Established | 1988 |
| Capital | Darjeeling |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Nepali |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Website | wb |
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) (Nepali: दार्जीलिङ गोरखा हिल परिषद (दा.गो.हि.प) (1988-2012), also once known for a short period of time as Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council (DGAHC) (Nepali: दार्जीलिङ गोरखा स्वायत्त हिल परिषद, was a semi-autonomous body that looked after the administration of the hills of Darjeeling District in the state of West Bengal, India. DGHC had three subdivisions under its authority: Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong and some areas of Siliguri subdivision.
Gorkha National Liberation Front led by Subhash Ghisingh raised the demand for the creation of a state called Gorkhaland within India to be carved out of the hills of Darjeeling and areas of Dooars and Siliguri terai contiguous to Darjeeling. A violent agitation erupted in the Darjeeling hills from 1986 to 1988 in which 1200 people lost their lives.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council was the result of the signing of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Agreement between the Central Government of India, the West Bengal Government and the Gorkha National Liberation Front in Kolkata on August 22, 1988. The ceremony took place at the Banquet Hall, Raj Bhavan (The Governor's Palace) at 10 A.M. The signatories to this tripartite agreement were: C.G. Somaih, Union Home Secretary (on the behalf of the Central Government of India), R.N. Sengupta, the State Chief Secretary (on the behalf of the Government of West Bengal) and Subhash Ghisingh (on the behalf of Gorkha National Liberation Front as the representative of the people of Darjeeling District). The Union Home Minister, Buta Singh, and the West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, also put their signatures on the agreement.
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