Jauljibi (Jaul Jibi) is a small market town dominated by its bazaar on the Indo-Nepal border, situated at the confluences of the Kali and Gori rivers.[1]Jauljibi refers to the villages and bazaars on both sides of the river. The Nepal-side village in Sudurpashchim is much smaller than the Indian one in Uttarakhand. A suspension bridge, rebuilt several times, across the Kali has joined the bazaars and the people of both countries for over a hundred years.
Jauljibi is a crossroads where the main road of the Indian district, the Pithoragarh-Jauljibi-Darchula-Tawaghat road which follows the Kali, is joined from the north by the Munsiary-Madkot-Jauljibi road, which follows the Gori River.[2] It is the confluence of trade routes from Nepal to the east, Askot to the west, Johar Pass to Tibet to the north, and the Darma Valley to the northeast.[3]
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
↑ Kapoor, A. K. (1994). "Ecology and Tribals in Central Himalaya". In Kapoor, A. K.; Kapoor, Satwanti (eds.). Ecology and Man in the Himalayas. New Delhi: MD Publications. p.69–90, page 77. ISBN978-81-85880-16-7.
↑ Kapadia, Harish (1999). Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya. New Delhi: Indus Publishing. p.219. ISBN978-81-7387-096-5.
1 2 3 Pande, Vasudha (2021). "Borders in an Age of Empire and Nation-States". In Ibrahim, Farhana; Kothiyal, Tanuja (eds.). South Asian Borderlands: Mobility, History, Affect. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp.44–79, page 56. ISBN978-1-108-96757-0.
1 2 Yadav, Karishma, ed. (2015). "Fairs and Festivals". Know Your State Uttarakhand. Meerut, Uttar Pradesh: Arihant Publications. pp.165–179, page 166. ISBN978-93-5094-207-9.
↑ "Government of U.P. on 18th Nov. 1974". Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. 90 (11/12). Government of India: 97.
↑ Nishank, Ramesh Pokhriyal (2021). Amidst the Holocaust. Diamond Pocket Books. p.223. ISBN978-93-5486-768-2. originally published in 2018 in Hindi as प्रलय के बीच.
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