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This is the road behind Chowrasta stores, and sort of parallel to the Mall Road. Crowded market of Mall Road and one can see shops selling Kashmiri Pashmina shawls. Darjeeling is a hill station in the state of West Bengal. Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya at an average elevation of 6,710 ft (2,045.2 m). It is noted for its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal. The development of the town dates back to the mid-19th century, when the colonial British administration set up a sanatorium and a military depot. Subsequently, extensive tea plantations