Historical place archive

Darjeeling in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Darjeeling in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1940–1949

Historical events in Darjeeling

1940

1940
Cosmic Ray Tracks
Bibha Chowdhuri · Physics

Bibha Chowdhuri works with D. M. Bose using photographic plates at high altitude to study charged particles in cosmic rays.

1941

1941
Meson Measurements
Bibha Chowdhuri · Physics

Bibha Chowdhuri and D. M. Bose publish measurements of cosmic-ray particle tracks that provide early evidence for particles of meson-like mass.

1949

8 August 1949
Treaty of Friendship with Bhutan
Jawaharlal Nehru · Government of India

India and Bhutan sign a treaty establishing a new framework for their bilateral relationship.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match India and Darjeeling. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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