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	==History==		==History==
	The hotel started out as boarding house for bachelor [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[tea]] planters in Darjeeling, in what was then [[British India]], were built in 1841 and opened up as a ~~boarding house~~ in the late 1880s~~. The property named Adda Villa is owned by the family of Princess Aishwarya Rana Shah Chakrabarti~~ . It was ~~leased to~~ Tenduf La, a [[Sikkimese people\|Sikkimese]] of [[Tibet]]an descent, who turned it into a hotel with the name Windamere. The hotel became more widely known as Darjeeling became the Bengal Presidency~~'s ''summer capital''~~. It expanded and took over a new wing, formerly the Loreto Convent, where the actress [[Vivien Leigh]] had spent some years in childhood.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html Darjeeling is all the Raj] [[The Australian]], 1 August 2009.</ref>		The hotel started out as boarding house for bachelor [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[tea]] planters in Darjeeling, in what was then [[British India]], were built in 1841 and opened up as a Boarding House in the late 1880s. It was acquired by Tenduf La, a [[Sikkimese people\|Sikkimese]] of [[Tibet]]an descent, who turned it into a hotel with the name Windamere. The hotel became more widely known as Darjeeling became the summer capital of [[Bengal Presidency]]. It expanded and took over a new wing, formerly the Loreto Convent, where the actress [[Vivien Leigh]] had spent some years in childhood.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html Darjeeling is all the Raj] [[The Australian]], 1 August 2009.</ref>

	In 1959, [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]], Crown Prince of [[Sikkim]], met his future wife [[Hope Cooke]] for the first time in the Windamere Hotel.		In 1959, [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]], Crown Prince of [[Sikkim]], met his future wife [[Hope Cooke]] for the first time in the Windamere Hotel.
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling India]		*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling India]

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{{short description|Heritage hotel in India}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2018}}
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| name = Windamere Hotel
| logo = Windamere hotel logo.gif
| logo_width = frameless
| image = windamereHotel.jpg
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| caption = Windamere hotel
| location ={{flagicon|India}}[[Observatory Hill, Darjeeling|Observatory Hill]], [[Darjeeling]].
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| map_type = India
| opening_date = 1841
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| number_of_rooms =46 Rooms<ref>[http://www.pathfinderindia.com/bengal/westben1.htm#DARJEELING "The Hotelist 2009":Darjeeling] A Directory of Hotels in India.</ref>
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| website =[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Official site]
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'''Windamere Hotel''', built as 'Ada Villa' in 1841 and then turned into a boarding house for tea planters and other Raj types, on contract, in the late 1880s. In 1939, it became 'Windamere Hotel', a colonial hotel situated on [[Observatory Hill, Darjeeling|Observatory Hill]], in [[Darjeeling]], [[India]].

==History==
The hotel started out as boarding house for bachelor [[United Kingdom|British]] [[tea]] planters in Darjeeling, in what was then [[British India]], were built in 1841 and opened up as a boarding house in the late 1880s. The property named Adda Villa is owned by the family of Princess Aishwarya Rana Shah Chakrabarti . It was leased to Tenduf La, a [[Sikkimese people|Sikkimese]] of [[Tibet]]an descent, who turned it into a hotel with the name Windamere. The hotel became more widely known as Darjeeling became the Bengal Presidency's ''summer capital''. It expanded and took over a new wing, formerly the Loreto Convent, where the actress [[Vivien Leigh]] had spent some years in childhood.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html Darjeeling is all the Raj] [[The Australian]], 1 August 2009.</ref>

In 1959, [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]], Crown Prince of [[Sikkim]], met his future wife [[Hope Cooke]] for the first time in the Windamere Hotel.

The hotel is also known for its views of the tea plantations below and of Mount [[Kangchenjunga]], the third highest peak in the world.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling India]

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Darjeeling]]
[[Category:Hotels in Darjeeling]]
[[Category:Heritage hotels in India]]
[[Category:Hotels established in 1939]]

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