Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) is a political party working amongst the Nepali-speaking population in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. The party was founded in 1943 by Damber Singh Gurung. The current president is Bharati Tamang, widow of late Madan Tamang, a former president of ABGL. Pratap Khati is the General Secretary of the party.
Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM) is a political party based in the Darjeeling District and Kalimpong District of the Indian state of West Bengal. CPRM was formed in 1996 by Communist Party of India (Marxist) dissidents like former State Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Tamang Dawa Lama, Lok Sabha MP R.B. Rai and others, who were dissatisfied with the peace settlement the Left-Front government signed with the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF). CRPM participates in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists. The youth organization of CPRM is called Democratic Revolutionary Youth Federation (DRYF).
The Rai people are indigenous ethnolinguistic groups of the Indian subcontinent, what is now modern-day Nepal and present-day India, mainly in the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal. They were Rai meaning king (Rai means King in old Khas Kura. When the king Prithvi Narayan Shah couldn't defeat Khambu king, Ram saha somehow took them in confidence that the land is theirs forever and gave them the name Rai in around B.S. 1632. Then the post-Rai was provided to the topmost leaders of the region. They were given the power to collect land tax. That's why sometimes Rai people are called Jimee or Jimee-wal. The Rai belong to the Kirati group or the Kirat confederate Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha and Dhimal ethnic groups.
Sikkim United Democratic Alliance was a short-lived alliance of political parties in Sikkim, India, that was formed in February 2004 by Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad, Organization of Sikkimese Unity (OSU), Sikkim Gorkha Party (SGP), Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party (SGPP), Sikkim National People’s Party (SNPP), Sikkim National Liberation Front (SNLF), Nepali Bhutia Lepcha (NEBULA), and Gorkha National Liberation Front as a joint political front. .
11th Gorkha Rifles, abbreviated as "11 GR", is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin that was re-raised after independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Rais, Limbus and Sunuwar of eastern Nepal – mainly from Taplejung, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha and Dhankuta districts. It also recruits from Indian Gorkhas and Bhutias from Darjeeling district, West Bengal and Sikkim. Though it is considered to be the youngest of the Gorkha regiments its lineage is as long as those of the 7th Gurkha Rifles and 10th Gurkha Rifles.
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 stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters.
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad, was a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. The party president was Dr. A.D. Subba. Tara Shrestha was the general secretary of the party.
Limbuwan is an area of the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, historically made up of 10 Limbu kingdoms, now part of Nepal, northern Sikkim in India and western Bhutan. Limbuwan means "abode of the Limbus" or "Land of the Limbus". "Yakthung Laaje" in original Limbu language which means "the country of the Yakthungs" .its was an independent kingdom until 1774 A.D and emerged into Nepal by gorkha kingdom
Prashant Tamang is a Nepali language singer. and a film actor based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is a registered unrecognized political party which campaigns for the creation of a separate state Gorkhaland within India, out of districts in the north of West Bengal. The party was launched on 7 October 2007.
The Kingdom of Sikkim, earlier known as Dremoshong, was a hereditary monarchy from 1642 to 16 May 1975 in the Eastern Himalayas. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.
Rhenock is a small town in the east district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located at 27.176622°N 88.6432°E. It lies 63 kilometres east of Gangtok on the way to Jelepla Pass at an altitude of 1,040 metres. The word Rhe-nock means Black Hill. Situated in the extreme east of Sikkim, Rhenock witnessed the establishment of the first police outpost in the state, which is the historical event.
Indian Gorkhas also known as Nepali-Indians, are Nepali language-speaking Indians. The term "Indian Gorkha" is used to differentiate the Gorkhas of India from the Gurkhas of Nepal.
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is a semi-autonomous administrative body for the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills in West Bengal, India. GTA replaced the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, which was formed in 1988 and administered the Darjeeling hills for 23 years. GTA presently has three hill subdivisions Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik and some areas of Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district and the whole of Kalimpong district under its authority.
The Sikkim Himali Congress was a political party in Sikkim. The party was founded after a split from the Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary), by SC(R) dissidents Dorjee Tshering, S.K. Rai and P.B. Subba. The party was bankrolled by M.K. Subba, a businessman in Assam. The support for the party came mainly from the Matwali community.
Greater Nepal or Akhand Nepal, or Parajuli Empire are irredentist terms literally meaning "Undivided Nepal".
Shiva Kumar Rai is a Nepali writer and politician from Darjeeling, India. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his collection of short stories Khaharey. He was the first Gorkha minister in the state of West Bengal after becoming a deputy minister in 1952.
Sikkim Gorkha Jagaran Sangh is a non-government state-level organization of Gorkha ethnic group of Sikkim.
Deo Prakash Rai was an Indian politician. A former Gorkha Brigade soldier, he was the general secretary of the All India Gorkha League and named as Minister in the West Bengal state government in 1967, 1969 and 1971.
