https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/special-article-darjeelings-nepali-bhasha-andolan-circa-1960s-part-iii-conclusion/ The News Site, That Proudly Supports Gorkhaland Statehood Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/special-article-darjeelings-nepali-bhasha-andolan-circa-1960s-part-iii-conclusion/#comment-2567 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:05:37 +0000 http://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/?p=2306#comment-2567 […] Stupid Mr. Morarji Desai not only outright rejected the proposal, but added further humiliation on the delegates by saying, “Why are you giving me this petition? I think you should be submitting this petition to your King?” He was referring to the monarch in Nepal. It is said that when the delegation tried to persuade Morarji Desai about the contributions Gorkhas had made for India, he is supposed to have remarked “You people come to join the army and to live in different parts of India. Shall I stop the recruitment of Gorkhas in the Indian Army? We give you an inch and you want it all?” […]

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