Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te rangatiratanga o Inia i te tau 1947, i whakakotahitia a Darjeeling ki te kawanatanga o West Bengal. I whakatuhia he rohe motuhake o Darjeeling kei roto i nga taone nui o Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, me nga rohe Terai o Siliguri. I te wā i whakaorangia ai te ope taua a te iwi
I whakaekehia a Tibet i te tau 1950, he mano nga rerenga Tibetan i noho ki te rohe o Darjeeling.