Most of Darjeeling formed a part of dominions of the Chogyal of Sikkim, who had been engaged in an unsuccessful warfare against the Gorkhas of Nepal.
People from Darjeeling district, Sikkim, and Gorkha population living all around the world voted overwhelmingly for Prashant in the contest.
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Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, West Bengal state, India.
The Lepcha people themselves do not have any tradition of migration, and hence they conclude that they are aboriginal to the region, currently falling under the state of Sikkim, Darjeeling District of West Bengal, eastern Nepal and the southwestern parts of Bhutan.
In September 2010, GRC filed an RTI with the Sikkim government regarding the ownership of the territory under Darjeeling district.