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Buxa Duar Fort




Buxa Duar Fort is located at Buxa Duar, in the eastern Dooars at a height of 867 m, on the Sinchula Range. It guards the Buxa Duar route, the most important of the eleven routes into Bhutan. The fort was used as a prison for the freedom fighters during the British rule. It has also served as a refugee camp for Tibetans and Bangladeshis.

The deciduous forest around the fort now forms part of the Buxa National Park. Buxa Duar is 60 km from Madarihat.



Updated on 19th September, 2005
District: Jalpaiguri

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