Gorkhaland is a proposed state in India containing Darjeeling and Dooars in North West Bengal of approximately 7000 sq.km by Gorkha ethnic group.
The demand of a separate administrative region for Gorkhaland is since 1907.Even from 1935 to 1947,this region was treated as "Partially Excluded Area" by Britishers.After the Independence the cause was uptaken by Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League(ABGL).This fight was going on smoothly till 1980s.But in 1980s violent movement was carried by Gorkha National Liberation Front(GNLF) led by Subhash Ghising in which near 1200 people met death.It carried to formation of a semiautonomus body called Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council(DGHC) in 1988 to govern the areas of the proposed state.In 2007,because of differences with Subhas Ghising,Bimal Gurung formed a new party-Gorkha Janmukti Morcha(GJM) and in 2008 this party restarted the fight of separate Gorkhaland.But because of assassaination of Madan Tamang,leader of ABGL in 2010,the movement cooled down as there were names of some GJM leaders in that.But in February 2011,attack on the padyatra of Bimal Gurung by police and GJM winning 3 seats in West Bengal assembly elections 2011 revoked the demand of Gorkhaland.
The Gorkhas are claiming for separate state because of their identity problems,differences in culture,language and mindset with the people of rest of the West Bengal,less developement of their region and negligence by West Bengal Government(the old one).
The issue of separate Gorkhaland has not much to do with outer bodies but the inner people.It seems that the Gorkha parties are more interested in personal gains than Gorkhaland.In a proposed state of nearly only 7000 sq.km there are so many political parties to take the gain of the movement.There is ABGL,GNLF,GNLF(C),GJM etc. there demanding for the Gorkhaland.but they lack unity.Madan Tamang of ABGL opposed the way of GJM's movement with peace and after that in the assassaination of him there came names of some GJM leaders.Even in 2003,late C.K.Pradhan(leader of GNLF)'s wife broke away from GNLF and formed GNLF(C).National party like BJP and state party like CPRM(Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists) in West Bengal have supported the formation of Gokhaland but nothing can be done until the Gorkha parties unite.
After the Madan Tamang issue,the GJM-front Gorkha party nowadays is on backfoot.In addition recently,Shri Mamta Banerjee-Chief Minister Of West Bengal has met GJM leaders for solving the issue and as a result of that a trilateral bill of 'Gorkhaland Autonomus Authority Council' is likely to be signed between GJM,West Bengal gevernment and the Central government which is probably believed as the end of the demand for a separate state.
As it is said- "Too many cooks spoil the broath",the same has happened with the Gorkhaland issue.
The demand of a separate administrative region for Gorkhaland is since 1907.Even from 1935 to 1947,this region was treated as "Partially Excluded Area" by Britishers.After the Independence the cause was uptaken by Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League(ABGL).This fight was going on smoothly till 1980s.But in 1980s violent movement was carried by Gorkha National Liberation Front(GNLF) led by Subhash Ghising in which near 1200 people met death.It carried to formation of a semiautonomus body called Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council(DGHC) in 1988 to govern the areas of the proposed state.In 2007,because of differences with Subhas Ghising,Bimal Gurung formed a new party-Gorkha Janmukti Morcha(GJM) and in 2008 this party restarted the fight of separate Gorkhaland.But because of assassaination of Madan Tamang,leader of ABGL in 2010,the movement cooled down as there were names of some GJM leaders in that.But in February 2011,attack on the padyatra of Bimal Gurung by police and GJM winning 3 seats in West Bengal assembly elections 2011 revoked the demand of Gorkhaland.
The Gorkhas are claiming for separate state because of their identity problems,differences in culture,language and mindset with the people of rest of the West Bengal,less developement of their region and negligence by West Bengal Government(the old one).
The issue of separate Gorkhaland has not much to do with outer bodies but the inner people.It seems that the Gorkha parties are more interested in personal gains than Gorkhaland.In a proposed state of nearly only 7000 sq.km there are so many political parties to take the gain of the movement.There is ABGL,GNLF,GNLF(C),GJM etc. there demanding for the Gorkhaland.but they lack unity.Madan Tamang of ABGL opposed the way of GJM's movement with peace and after that in the assassaination of him there came names of some GJM leaders.Even in 2003,late C.K.Pradhan(leader of GNLF)'s wife broke away from GNLF and formed GNLF(C).National party like BJP and state party like CPRM(Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists) in West Bengal have supported the formation of Gokhaland but nothing can be done until the Gorkha parties unite.
After the Madan Tamang issue,the GJM-front Gorkha party nowadays is on backfoot.In addition recently,Shri Mamta Banerjee-Chief Minister Of West Bengal has met GJM leaders for solving the issue and as a result of that a trilateral bill of 'Gorkhaland Autonomus Authority Council' is likely to be signed between GJM,West Bengal gevernment and the Central government which is probably believed as the end of the demand for a separate state.
As it is said- "Too many cooks spoil the broath",the same has happened with the Gorkhaland issue.
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