Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) is a political party in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India. It was formed in 1980 by Subhash Ghisingh with the objective of demanding a Gorkhaland state within India.
Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters.
Uttar Dinajpur is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur district, it comprises two subdivisions: Raiganj and Islampur.
Mirik is a small town and a Notified Area of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Mirik subdivision. The name Mirik comes from the Lepcha words Mir-Yok meaning "place burnt by fire".
Darjeeling is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong district and one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district.
Dawa Narbula was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dabgram-Phulbari is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Delimitation Commission has abolished the Kranti and formed the new Dabgram-Phulbari.
Kalimpong is an assembly constituency in Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Darjeeling is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kurseong is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Matigara-Naxalbari is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Siliguri is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Phansidewa is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Islampur is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. There is a vidhan sabha segment named Islampur in Maharashtra as well.
Manohar Tirkey is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He was elected on a Revolutionary Socialist Party ticket from Alipurduars.
Subash Ghisingh was an Indian politician who was the leader of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), which he founded in 1980. He was the chairman of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in West Bengal, India from 1988 to 2008. He spearheaded the Gorkhaland movement in the 1980s.
Ananda Pathak was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Darjeeling, West Bengal as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Earlier he was a member of the upper house of the Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha and West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
S. P. Lepcha was an Indian academic and politician from West Bengal belonging to Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of West Bengal. The headquarters is located in Kolkata.
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