Sources: Gorkhaland
Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.
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5 sources. A working link shows that a source is available; it is not proof that the source supports a claim — that is checked by editorial evidence review.
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News report · Independent publication
Darjeeling: Tourists, students flee as protests spread in India's tea lands (CNN) link
Contemporaneous journalistic reporting on the June 2017 outbreak of renewed Gorkhaland agitation, triggered by the West Bengal government's 10 June 2017 announcement mandating Bengali in state-run schools, and its escalation into a prolonged strike.
Cited on: Gorkhaland, History of the Gorkhaland movement · Source record
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News analysis or explainer · Independent publication
Gorkhaland Issue - Everything You Need to Know (ClearIAS) link
Indian civil-service exam preparation current-affairs analysis, consulted via citation, on the 22 August 1988 Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Accord, under which the GNLF exchanged its Gorkhaland statehood demand for the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), chaired by Ghising from 1988 to 2008.
Cited on: Gorkhaland, History of the Gorkhaland movement · Source record
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Reference work · Independent publication
Gorkhaland movement (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation rather than primary Indian or West Bengal government records, on Subhash Ghising's 1980 founding of the GNLF, the term "Gorkhaland," and the 1986-1988 agitation, reported by one estimate cited within the article to have killed more than 1,200 people, including 13 killed and 38 wounded in a 27 July 1986 police firing at Kalimpong; this bundle presents these as reported figures, not independently verified.
Cited on: Gorkhaland, History of the Gorkhaland movement · Source record
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Reference work · Independent publication
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 2011 agreement replacing the DGHC with the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), which became functional in August 2012 under the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and its leader Bimal Gurung.
Cited on: Gorkhaland, History of the Gorkhaland movement, Gorkhaland: current status · Source record
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News report · Independent publication
Indian protesters end strike in Darjeeling after 104 days (Muscat Daily (wire report)) link
Journalistic reporting on the end of the 104-day indefinite strike (bandh) in late September 2017, following an appeal by Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh; casualty figures for the 2017 agitation are reported variously across sources (ranging from around 7 to 12 deaths) and are presented here as a disputed range, not independently verified.
Cited on: Gorkhaland, History of the Gorkhaland movement, Gorkhaland: current status · Source record