According to Sailen Debnath, an eminent scholar of the Dooars and Terai region, the term “Siliguri” means heap of pebbles or stones. It was often called “Shilchaguri” in the nineteenth century. It served as a transit point between Kurseong, Darjeeling hilly regions and Nepal till 1816 when the Treaty of Sagauli was made between Nepal and British India. From 1835, it started developing as a small town after the British seized Darjeeling and then the whole of Dooars as well as Kalimpong by the end of 1865.
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