Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Indiya a 1947, an haɗa Darjeeling tare da jihar West Bengal. An kafa gundumar Darjeeling ta daban wacce ta kunshi garuruwan dutse na Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, da yankunan Terai na Siliguri. Lokacin da Sojojin 'Yancin Jama'a suka mamaye Tibet a 1950
, dubban 'yan gudun hijirar Tibet sun zauna a fadin gundumar Darjeeling.