The Dooars belonged to the Kamata Kingdom under the Koch dynasty; and taking advantage of the weakness of the Koch kingdom in
subsequent times, Bhutan took possession of the Dooars. This region was
controlled by the kingdom of Bhutan when the British annexed it in 1865 after the Bhutan War under the command of Captain Hedayat Ali. The area was
divided into two parts: the eastern part was merged with Goalpara district in Assam and the western part was turned into a new district
named Western Dooars. Again in the year 1869, the name was changed to Jalpaiguri District. After the end of the British rule in India in 1947, the
Dooars acceded into the dominion of India and it merged with the Union of India
shortly afterwards in 1949.
The Dooars or Duars are the
alluvial floodplains in
northeastern India that lie south of the outer
foothills of the Himalayas and north
of the Brahmaputra River basin.
This region is about 30 km (19 mi) wide and stretches over about
350 km (220 mi) from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhanshiri River in Assam.
The region forms the gateway to Bhutan.It is part of the Terai-Duar
savanna and grasslands ecoregion.
Dooars means 'doors' in Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Telugu languages. There are 18
passages or gateways between the hills in Bhutan and the plains in India. This
region is divided by the Sankosh River into Eastern and Western
Dooars, consisting of an area of 880 km2 (340 sq mi).
The Western Dooars are also known as the Bengal Dooars, and the Eastern Dooars
also as the Assam Dooars. Dooars is analogous with the Terai in
northern India and southern Nepal.
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