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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 | 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== | ||
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling India] | *[http://www.windamerehotel.com/ Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling India] | ||
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| Windamere Hotel | |
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 Windamere hotel | |
  Location within India | |
Windamere hotel | |
| General information | |
| Location |  Observatory Hill, Darjeeling. |
| Coordinates | 27°02′45″N 88°16′04″E / 27.04583°N 88.26778°ECoordinates: 27°02′45″N 88°16′04″E / 27.04583°N 88.26778°E |
| Opening | 1841 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 46 Rooms[1] |
| Website | |
| Official site | |
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, in Darjeeling, India.
History[edit]
The hotel started out as boarding house for bachelor 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 of Tibetan 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.[2]
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]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Hotelist 2009":Darjeeling A Directory of Hotels in India.
- ↑ Darjeeling is all the Raj The Australian, 1 August 2009.
External links[edit]
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