Jauljibi
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Jauljibi
जौलजीवी | |
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town | |
Darchula 28 Km north | |
Indian Lok Sabha constituency | Almora |
Nepalese parliamentary constituency | Darchula 1 |
Jauljibi (Jaul Jibi) is a small market town dominated by its
Jauljibi is a crossroads where the main road of the Indian district, the Pithoragarh-Jauljibi-Darchula-Tawaghat road which follows the
The town is famous for its annual trade fair held in November, popularly known as the Kumauni Festival.[4] Thousands of people throng to the fair from the neighboring villages and districts to trade and to enjoy music, singing, dancing and food.[4] The trade fair was initiated in 1914 by the Rajbar (zamindar) of Askot.[3]
Until a permanent bridge was built in the 1960s, a bridge across the Kali was rebuilt in November of each year after the monsoon (summer rains), where in July the increased flow in the Kali had swept away the previous year's bridge.[3] On 17 November 1974, during the annual Kumauni Festival and trade fair, the bridge across the Kail collapsed.[5] Flooding in June 2013 again sweep away the suspension bridge.[6]
Notes and references
- ISBN 978-81-85880-16-7.
- ISBN 978-81-7387-096-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-108-96757-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-93-5094-207-9.
- ^ "Government of U.P. on 18th Nov. 1974". Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. 90 (11/12). Government of India: 97.
- ISBN 978-93-5486-768-2. originally published in 2018 in Hindi as प्रलय के बीच.