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'''Milam''' is the last village situated in [[Johar Valley|Johar valley]] of [[Pithoragarh district]] in the state of [[Uttarakhand]], India. The river [[Gori Ganga]] originates from [[Milam Glacier]] and flows past the village to meet with Kali ganga at [[Jauljibi]].

== Historical trade with Tibet ==
Milam is on a route over high mountain passes ([[Unta Dhura]], Jandi Dhura and Kingribingri Dhura) to Gyanima mandi in [[Tibet]]. The border is closed since the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962, and Milam is now a ghost village with very few inhabitants. Before the war, it used to be a trade center bustling with 500 families. As of now all trade with Tibet is stopped and the families have settled in [[Munsiyari]] and other places in the lower ranges. In summer months very few people go there and cultivate medicinal plants, high altitude Buckwheat and Jambhu. Tibetan merchants visited this place and traded in Borax, precious stones, [[Pashmina]] and salt. The inhabitants of Milam too travelled along with pack mules to Tibet. They took rice, cotton clothes, jaggery, sugar, etc. to sell in Tibetan markets. The famous pandit-explorers [[Nain Singh]] and Kishan Singh who mapped Tibet territory belong to this village.

== Trekking ==
The trek to Milam village starts from [[Munsiyari]] a road head that can be reached from [[Almora]] or [[Pithoragarh]]. The trek passes through Lilam, Bogudiar, Rilkot, Martoli, Burfu and Bilju. Prominent peaks situated above the glacier are [[Hardeol]], Trisuli, [[Nanda Ghoonti]] etc. Some of the camping places above the glacier are Nitwal dhar, Suraj kund etc. [[Nandadevi]] East base camp can be reached through a side valley from Ghangar and Pacchu villages. The ideal trekking period is from May to October excluding [[monsoon]] months. However, as the inhabitants of the upper villages tend to move down the valley for the winter months trekkers may find that food and accommodation is not available especially after the festival of Diwali.

== Prominent people==
* [[Krishna Singh Rawat]] (1850-1921), honorary titled as [[Rao Bahadur|Rai Bahadur]] by [[British raj]], was an Indian explorer and cartographer. He was first to map the [[Ramgarh crater]] on a finer scale of (1 : 63,360).<ref name=study1>BALASUNDARAM, M., DUBE, A. Ramgarh, 1973, "Structure, India", [[Nature (journal)]], 242, 40 [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:10.1038/242040a0.</ref>
* [[Nain Singh Rawat]], honorary titled as [[Order of the Indian Empire|C.I.E]] by British raj, was an Indian explorer, he was the cousin of the explorer Krishna Singh Rawat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nain Singh Rawat's 187th birthday |url=https://www.google.com/doodles/nain-singh-rawats-187th-birthday |website=Google |publisher=Alphabet |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref> He would later say that Thok Jalung was the coldest place he had ever visited.<ref>Hopkirk, p. 39.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Into the Silence : The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest|last=Wade.|first=Davis|date=2012|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=9780375708152|location=New York|pages=49|oclc=773021726|quote=The pundit Nain Singh, the first surveyor to fix the location of the Tibetan capital, traveled on foot from Sikkim to Lhasa and then all over central Tibet, walking 1,580 miles, or 3,160,000 paces, each counted.}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kalapani, Uttarakhand]]

== References==
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{{Pithoragarh district}}
[[Category:Villages in Pithoragarh district]]

Milam, India - Revision history

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