HISTORY OF DOOARS
The Dooars belonged to Kamata Kingdom under
the Coach 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 Golapara
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.
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