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Darjeeling is a town in India's Eastern Himalayas, situated close to the borders with Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China In the mid-19th century, when much of India was under East India Company rule, Darjeeling was founded as a summer retreat On the slopes below, tea plantations were laid out where Darjeeling tea is grown Thousands of labourers from the surrounding regions built the town
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