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Siliguri, situated in Darjeeling district, is the largest city. it has been called "The Gateway of North East India". Siliguri is a unique city, has as its neighbour, Jalpaiguri district.
New Jalpaiguri is a major railway junction linking Siliguri and North Eastern India to major Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Guwahati, Bangalore, Chennai. It is also a major junction for supplies and goods for the state of Sikkim. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 kilometers (53 mi) long.
Extensive tea plantations are found in this region, and tea growers have developed distinctive hybrids of black tea and created new fermenting techniques. The resultant distinctive Darjeeling tea is internationally recognized and ranks among the most popular of the black teas.
Way back in 1920, one Hari Prasad Bhardwaj, who was born in a farming family in Haryana, on 12th June, 1890, had moved from the foothills of Haryana in search of new opportunities, and reached the tea estates of Dr. Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service. Campbell was transferred to Darjeeling in 1839 and used seeds from China to begin experimental tea planting, a practice that he and others continued during the 1840s. At first Hari Prasad, a young man then aged 30, who had married five years earlier in 1915, to a village Belle, named Saraswati Singh, worked as a supervisor, in one of the tea estates, run by a Englishman and being a keen enthusiast, learnt the art of planting and nurturing the tea plants.
Soon, as a middle aged man, and when he had gained enough experience, he ventured into applying for a grant to start his own estate, and for a nominal sum of land rent, was granted a large portion of a hill, in the region, where with the help of workers, he started is own Bhardwaj Tea Estate. His young son, Gopal Krishna Bardhwaj, was born on 7th July, 1918 and was sent in 1935 by the father to England for higher studies, and specialized in agricultural sciences, and when he came to Siliguri, joined his father, and expanded his business. On coming back to India, after two years, Gopal married a young girl from Siliguri, in 1938, Radha Battacharya, born in 1938, was educated by the Christian Mission, and was enlightened and broad minded, and became a wonderful companion of Gopal. Gopal, and Radha, his wife lived happily on the estate, and as their father was getting old, they attended to all his needs, and he lived the later part of his life, seeing how his son, had taken his dreams to a higher level. Hari Prasad had two more children after Gopal. Vikram was born of 18th December, 1920 and Shanti, a girl, who was born on 23rd April, 1922.
On 28th January, 1940 the eldest child of Gopal was born, and they named him Diwakar. Diwakar, was a smart boy, and had many qualities of his mother, and one such quality was a tender love for those who had no one to care for them. As a small school boy, his parents sent him to a good school, where he was taught such things like etiquette, morals, and a high respect for the belief of his ancestors. He had two siblings, one boy and the other a girl. the boy was Mohan, born on 25th August, 1942 and married Sita Dave, a girl from Maharashtra, on 18th October, 1947. Their sister Parvati, was born on 14th September 1945.
When Diwakar grew and finished his studies, he joined the Indian Railways, and was stationed near Sikkim. His parents found a nice girl, whom he married on 15th August 1968 and he settled down with her in the foothills of Sikkim, in the spacious house built by his grandfather. The sprawling hills with its verdant greenery, and flowers in spring, were a fitting surrounding for young Diwakar, and his new bride Anjali. Diwakar and Anjali were unfortunate, that they could not have children of their own, due to some medical problems with Anjali. She was well educated, and helped in the social services in the town, and was active in various committees. Their maid in the house looked after the household chores, when the lady of the house was away on her missions.
Around 1970, Diwakar was transferred to Mumbai, and lived in the Railway Quarters for officers. He used to take care of the railways between Mumbai and the neighboring hill stations. On one such trip, he met a young Maharashtrian girl, named Supriya, in Pune, and she fell in love with Diwakar at first sight, and he too was touched by her innocent looks and behaviour. This was a casual relationship, and he did not feel the need to tell Supriya that he was married, and neither was she clever enough to question that and as a young impressionable girl, who had found wings, with the modern trends in Pune, became more and more enamored by the young man. Thus one day, in spite of his good intentions, Diwakar succumbed to his feelings and it ended up in the intimacy, which after some time, Supriya noticed that her periods were not coming and then her parents, being broad minded, did not force her to abort the child, but allowed her to carry to full term, and on a cold day on 3rd December in 1978 she gave birth to a lovely baby girl, and they named her Naina. She was brought into this world, by Supriya's family doctor, who was her aunt. Soon, her parents came to know that Diwakar could not marry Supriya, as he was already married, and they consulted a budding lawyer, one Mr. Joshi, who was just at the beginning of his career, and he suggested that Diwakar take the child. By this time a year had elapsed, and Joshi, was also keen of getting Supriya for himself. Diwakar agreed to pay Supriya a compensation and take the child and look after her, and keep it a secret so that Supriya could marry and the matter was resolved within the family. Soon Joshi started blackmailing Supriya, and she being a timid girl, and fearful of Joshi, spilling the beans, told him that provided he never brought this topic again, and did not mention anything about Darjeeling, she would agree to marry him. With the money Diwakar had given Supriya, Joshi started his legal practice, and with his cunning ways, soon got a big clientele. His special area was the underworld, who were land sharks, and he would black mail them, and tell them all sorts of false legal precedents, and they would succumb to him, and also grease his palms and thus he became known as a famous and successful lawyer.
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To read the full story, click on the links: Previous Chapter and Next Chapter.
The Story will be regularly updated, and new chapters added. - walquest2000
Siliguri, situated in Darjeeling district, is the largest city. it has been called "The Gateway of North East India". Siliguri is a unique city, has as its neighbour, Jalpaiguri district.
New Jalpaiguri is a major railway junction linking Siliguri and North Eastern India to major Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Guwahati, Bangalore, Chennai. It is also a major junction for supplies and goods for the state of Sikkim. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 kilometers (53 mi) long.
Extensive tea plantations are found in this region, and tea growers have developed distinctive hybrids of black tea and created new fermenting techniques. The resultant distinctive Darjeeling tea is internationally recognized and ranks among the most popular of the black teas.
Way back in 1920, one Hari Prasad Bhardwaj, who was born in a farming family in Haryana, on 12th June, 1890, had moved from the foothills of Haryana in search of new opportunities, and reached the tea estates of Dr. Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service. Campbell was transferred to Darjeeling in 1839 and used seeds from China to begin experimental tea planting, a practice that he and others continued during the 1840s. At first Hari Prasad, a young man then aged 30, who had married five years earlier in 1915, to a village Belle, named Saraswati Singh, worked as a supervisor, in one of the tea estates, run by a Englishman and being a keen enthusiast, learnt the art of planting and nurturing the tea plants.
Soon, as a middle aged man, and when he had gained enough experience, he ventured into applying for a grant to start his own estate, and for a nominal sum of land rent, was granted a large portion of a hill, in the region, where with the help of workers, he started is own Bhardwaj Tea Estate. His young son, Gopal Krishna Bardhwaj, was born on 7th July, 1918 and was sent in 1935 by the father to England for higher studies, and specialized in agricultural sciences, and when he came to Siliguri, joined his father, and expanded his business. On coming back to India, after two years, Gopal married a young girl from Siliguri, in 1938, Radha Battacharya, born in 1938, was educated by the Christian Mission, and was enlightened and broad minded, and became a wonderful companion of Gopal. Gopal, and Radha, his wife lived happily on the estate, and as their father was getting old, they attended to all his needs, and he lived the later part of his life, seeing how his son, had taken his dreams to a higher level. Hari Prasad had two more children after Gopal. Vikram was born of 18th December, 1920 and Shanti, a girl, who was born on 23rd April, 1922.
On 28th January, 1940 the eldest child of Gopal was born, and they named him Diwakar. Diwakar, was a smart boy, and had many qualities of his mother, and one such quality was a tender love for those who had no one to care for them. As a small school boy, his parents sent him to a good school, where he was taught such things like etiquette, morals, and a high respect for the belief of his ancestors. He had two siblings, one boy and the other a girl. the boy was Mohan, born on 25th August, 1942 and married Sita Dave, a girl from Maharashtra, on 18th October, 1947. Their sister Parvati, was born on 14th September 1945.
When Diwakar grew and finished his studies, he joined the Indian Railways, and was stationed near Sikkim. His parents found a nice girl, whom he married on 15th August 1968 and he settled down with her in the foothills of Sikkim, in the spacious house built by his grandfather. The sprawling hills with its verdant greenery, and flowers in spring, were a fitting surrounding for young Diwakar, and his new bride Anjali. Diwakar and Anjali were unfortunate, that they could not have children of their own, due to some medical problems with Anjali. She was well educated, and helped in the social services in the town, and was active in various committees. Their maid in the house looked after the household chores, when the lady of the house was away on her missions.
Around 1970, Diwakar was transferred to Mumbai, and lived in the Railway Quarters for officers. He used to take care of the railways between Mumbai and the neighboring hill stations. On one such trip, he met a young Maharashtrian girl, named Supriya, in Pune, and she fell in love with Diwakar at first sight, and he too was touched by her innocent looks and behaviour. This was a casual relationship, and he did not feel the need to tell Supriya that he was married, and neither was she clever enough to question that and as a young impressionable girl, who had found wings, with the modern trends in Pune, became more and more enamored by the young man. Thus one day, in spite of his good intentions, Diwakar succumbed to his feelings and it ended up in the intimacy, which after some time, Supriya noticed that her periods were not coming and then her parents, being broad minded, did not force her to abort the child, but allowed her to carry to full term, and on a cold day on 3rd December in 1978 she gave birth to a lovely baby girl, and they named her Naina. She was brought into this world, by Supriya's family doctor, who was her aunt. Soon, her parents came to know that Diwakar could not marry Supriya, as he was already married, and they consulted a budding lawyer, one Mr. Joshi, who was just at the beginning of his career, and he suggested that Diwakar take the child. By this time a year had elapsed, and Joshi, was also keen of getting Supriya for himself. Diwakar agreed to pay Supriya a compensation and take the child and look after her, and keep it a secret so that Supriya could marry and the matter was resolved within the family. Soon Joshi started blackmailing Supriya, and she being a timid girl, and fearful of Joshi, spilling the beans, told him that provided he never brought this topic again, and did not mention anything about Darjeeling, she would agree to marry him. With the money Diwakar had given Supriya, Joshi started his legal practice, and with his cunning ways, soon got a big clientele. His special area was the underworld, who were land sharks, and he would black mail them, and tell them all sorts of false legal precedents, and they would succumb to him, and also grease his palms and thus he became known as a famous and successful lawyer.
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