DID YOU KNOW? DARJEELING WAS THE FIRST TOWN IN INDIA TO GET ELECTRICITY - IN 1897 #SHARE

November 10, 1897 is a memorable day for the power sector in India. On this day, the first hydel power station in India - and reportedly in Asia too - was commissioned at Sidrapong near Darjeeling town. It was the first power utility run on commercial basis for use of general public, heralding the electrical-energy-era in the Indian sub-continent. It also ushered in a revolutionary change in the socio-cultural and economic life of Indian society. Quite appropriately, the Govt. of India declared Sidrapong Hydel Power Station as a 'HERITAGE POWER STATION' of India on the eve of its centenary.