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Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council also one known for a short period of time Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council was a semi-autonomous body that looked after the administration of the hills of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal in India. Gorkha National Liberation Front or GNLF is a political party formed in 1980 by Subhash Ghisingh with the objective of demanding a Gorkhaland state within India. During the 1980s the GNFL led an intensive and often violent campaign for the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state in Nepali speaking areas of northern Wes Bengal. The movement reached its peak during 1985 - 1986. On 22 August 1988 the GNLF, under Subhash Ghising signed the Darjeeling Hill Accord which created the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in exchange for the GNLF giving up
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