Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vagari vokutanga vakanga vari vanhu veLepcha, avo vakatumidza musha wavo kuti "Kurseong", nemhaka yokuti chitubu chiri chose chaive chipenyu uye chakajeka nemaruva eKurson-Rip. Munguva yakapfuura, Kurseong yaiva rutivi rwoUmambo hweSikkim, kunyange vaBritain vasati vauya kuIndia. Zvisinei, munenge muna 1780 vaNepal vakakunda uye vakatora Kurseong nenharaunda dzakapoteredza. Ipapo kwakauya Hondo yeGurkha
, iro vaNepal vakarasa. Chibvumirano cha1817 cheTitalia chakadzorera Kurseong kuSikkim.