Deriving its name from the Lepcha word ‘kurson-rip’, Kurseong means the land of the small white orchid that blooms in this region. Initially, Kurseong belonged to the Sikkimese kings. However, the hill-station and its surrounding areas weretaken over by foreign powers from the Sikkimese kings in 1780.
This was followed by the Gurkha war which was lost by the foreign power. The British drove away the invaders and handed back the land to the princely state of Sikkim signing the Treaty of Titalia in 1817.
To make the hill-station more accessible, the first road was built from Kurseong to Darjeeling to Titalia in the 1770’s – 1780’s known as the Military Road. However, the maintenance was irregular and soon rendered it useless for travel. An alternate route called Hill Cart Road was constructed which opened in 1861 and fared much better.
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