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Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is located in the Lesser Himalaya at an elevation of . It is noted for its tea industry , the spectacular views of Kangchenjunga , the world ' s third - highest mountain , and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Darjeeling is the headquarters of Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal . It is also a popular tourist destination in ___MASK35___ . The Sikyong is the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration , a Tibetan exile organisation also known as the Tibetan government - in - exile . Prior to September , 2012 , this office was known as Kalön Tripa , sometimes translated as prime minister . The current Sikyong is Lobsang Sangay . The Sikyong is the head of the Kashag or Cabinet , part of the executive branch of the Central Tibetan Administration . This office should not be confused with the Chairman of the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region . The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , also known as the " Toy Train ", is a narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal , ___MASK35___ . Built between 1879 and 1881 , the railway is about long . Its elevation level varies from about at New Jalpaiguri to about at Darjeeling . Four modern diesel locomotives handle most of the scheduled services ; however the daily Kurseong - Darjeeling return service and the daily tourist trains from Darjeeling to Ghum ( ___MASK35___ ' s highest railway station ) are handled by the vintage ___MASK71___ - built B Class steam locomotives . The railway , along with the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the Kalka - Shimla Railway , is listed as the Mountain Railways of ___MASK35___ World Heritage Site . The headquarters of the railway is in the town of Kurseong . Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong were temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Pagla Jhora and another near Tindharia in 2011 . However the normal Toy Train service has resumed between New Jalpaiguri ( NJP ) and Darjeeling from 2 December 2015 . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and ___MASK85___ " municipalis ". Kangchenjunga , also spelled Kanchenjunga , is the third highest mountain in the world , and lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim , ___MASK35___ . It rises with an elevation of in a section of the Himalayas called " Kangchenjunga Himal " that is limited in the west by the Tamur River , in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La , and in the east by the Teesta River . West Bengal is an Indian state , located in East ___MASK35___ on the Bay of Bengal . It is ___MASK35___ ' s fourth - most populous state , with over 91 million inhabitants . It has a total area of , making it similar in size to Serbia . A part of the ethno - linguistic Bengal region , it borders Bangladesh in the east and Nepal and Bhutan in the north . It also has borders with five Indian states , including Odisha , Jharkhand , Bihar , Sikkim and Assam . Lobsang Sangay ( Chinese :   , Tibetan :             ; `` kind - hearted lion '' ; born 1968 in Darjeeling ) is a Tibetan legal scholar and politician . He became Sikyong ( equivalent to Prime Minister ) of the Tibetan Government - in - Exile on 8 August 2011 . Darjeeling District ( Bengali :            ; Nepali :                ) ( pron : d : ri : l ) is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern ___MASK35___ in the foothills of the Himalayas . The district is famous for its hill stations ( often referred to as the " Queen of the Hills ") and Darjeeling tea . Darjeeling is the district headquarters . The Central Tibetan Administration ( CTA ; Tibetan : " Bhöm Drikdzuk ", , literally Exile ___MASK59___ ' s Organisation ) is an organisation based in India with the stated goals of " rehabilitating Tibetan refugees and restoring freedom and happiness in Tibet ". It is also referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile , but while its internal structure is government - like , it has stated that it is " not designed to take power in Tibet "; rather , it will be dissolved " as soon as freedom is restored in Tibet " in favor of a government formed by Tibetans inside Tibet . In addition to political advocacy , it administers a network of schools and other cultural activities for Tibetans in India . On 11 February , 1991 the CTA became a founding member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization ( UNPO ) at a ceremony held at the Peace Palace in The Hague , Netherlands . Tibet ( Tibetan Pinyin : " boe ", ; / i t  s¹ /) is a region on the Tibetan Plateau in ___MASK88___ . It is the traditional homeland of the ___MASK59___ as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa , Qiang , and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on Earth , with an average elevation of . The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest , Earth ' s highest mountain , rising 8 , 848 m ( 29 , 029 ft ) above sea level . ___MASK35___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK35___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK88___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK35___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK35___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad .