Aspirant States of India - Gorkhaland

Gorkhaland

A violent struggle for a state of Gorkhaland by the Gorkha National Liberation Front in the 1980s resulted in the formation of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in 1988. However, the aspirations of the people of Darjeeling and the surrounding areas were not fulfilled and the demand for full statehood emerged once again in 2007 with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha as its chief proponent. After the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has signed an agreement with the state government to establish a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration to replace the DGHC.

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