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	==Geography==		==Geography==
	Rampur is located at {{coord\|31.45\|N\|77.63\|E\|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Rampur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rampur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1021 [[metre]]s (4429 [[foot (length)\|feet]]). It is a very beautiful place situated at the bank of the [[Satluj]] river. It borders on the north with [[~~Spiti Valley\|Spiti~~]], on the west with [[Kumarsain]] and Anni, on the east with [[Kinnaur]] and on the south with [[Rohru]]. The city is nearby to popular places like Jhakri, [[Sarahan\|Sarahan Bushahr]], Green valley Dhar Gaura and Shraikoti to name a few. The city is also the home to Asia's Largest underground Hydro Power Project - The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station built by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (formerly known as Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation) at Jhakri with dam sight at nathpa in [[Kinnaur]] and world's deepest Surge shaft at a Shah (22 km from Rampur).		Rampur is located at {{coord\|31.45\|N\|77.63\|E\|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Rampur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rampur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1021 [[metre]]s (4429 [[foot (length)\|feet]]). It is a very beautiful place situated at the bank of the [[Satluj]] river. It borders on the north with [[Nirmand]], on the west with [[Kumarsain]] and Anni, on the east with [[Kinnaur]] and on the south with [[Rohru]]. The city is nearby to popular places like Jhakri, [[Sarahan\|Sarahan Bushahr]], Green valley Dhar Gaura and Shraikoti to name a few. The city is also the home to Asia's Largest underground Hydro Power Project - The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station built by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (formerly known as Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation) at Jhakri with dam sight at nathpa in [[Kinnaur]] and world's deepest Surge shaft at a Shah (22 km from Rampur).

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{About|a city in Himachal Pradesh||Rampur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rampur Bushahr
| native_name = रामपुर बुशहर
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = File:Rampur Bushahr.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Main Bazaar of Rampur
| pushpin_map = India Himachal Pradesh#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31|27|0|N|77|37|59|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shimla district|Shimla]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| leader_title1 = [[Sub-Divisional Magistrate|SDM]]
| leader_name1 = Yadvinder Paul
| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = [[Nand Lal (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Nand Lal]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = Centre for District Kullu and Kinnaur
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1021
| population_total = 5,655
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = 2719
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800133-rampur-himachal-pradesh.html|title=Rampur Population Census 2011|publisher=Census 2011 India|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 172001
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#HP.E2.80.94Himachal Pradesh|HP-06]], [[List of RTO districts in India#HP.E2.80.94Himachal Pradesh|HP-92]]
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'''Rampur Bushahr''' is a town and a [[Municipal council (India)|municipal council]] in [[Shimla district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is about 130 km from Shimla and is well connected with [[National Highway 5 (India)|NH 5]] which passes through [[Theog]], [[Narkanda]] and [[Kumarsain]].

==History==
[[File:Sutlej Valley from Rampur ca. 1857.jpg|thumb|360px|Sutlej Valley from Rampur ca. 1857]]
The principality of [[Bushahr]] (also known as Bashahar, Bushahar, Bashahr) was once among the largest of the twenty-eight Shimla Hill States under the administration of the [[British Raj]] keen to invest on regional and transcontinental trade and exploit Himalayan resources. Caught in one of the British imperial enterprise, it was subjected to political-cum-economic vicissitudes, acceding to the Indian Union in 1947. On 8 March 1948, along with twenty other princely hill States of Punjab and Shimla, Bashahr signed an agreement which resulted in its inclusion in the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh.

Rampur, a small township situated at 1,005 meters on the left bank of the Sutlej, served as Bushahar's winter capital. Being well connected with major trading routes that joined Indian markets with Central Asia and Tibet, it buzzed with mercantile activity, especially in November during the Lavi fair, the largest trading event in the north Himalayas attracting traders from Kashmir, Ladakh, Yarkand, and the Indian mainland. Concerning the origins of the Rampuri fair, the '''Census of India''' (1961) reports:

"''About three hundred years ago during the regime of Raja Kehar Singh of Bushahr, a trade treaty was signed between the Bushahr State and Tibet…Horses from Tibet and swords from Bushahr were exchanged in token of this friendship. It was written in the treaty that their friendly relations would continue till this time…Since then, it is presumed that trade relations increased and eventually [the] Lavi fair was held.''"

Rampur was also located along pilgrimage routes to sacred sites in western Tibet shared by Hindus, Bön and Buddhists alike, i.e., [[Mount Kailash]] and Lake [[Mansarovar]]. Missionary and pilgrimage activities, intensified by trading possibilities, created the conditions for Tibetan Buddhism to take a firm stronghold in these borderland regions. Twenty-two kilometres from the village of Namgya in upper Kinnaur, laid the Shipki pass which linked caravan routes to and from western [[Tibet]]. This treacherous transcontinental passage must have been in use from ancient times, for among the ruined castles reported by Francke at Shipki village, there were no living memories of the origins of mKar gog, the oldest of them built above the village in cyclopean style. Rampur also has Hydro Power Stations namely, Nathpa Jhakri Power Station (1500 MW) and Rampur Hydro Power Station (412 MW) by SJVN Ltd. A second castle, known as Seng ge mkhar, is said to have received its crooked ground plan “through a race round its base executed in opposite directions by a poisonous snake and a scorpion,” and was built, in all probability, during the Ladakhi occupation of mNga’ ris by orders of King Seng ge rnam rgyal (1570–1642) and called after him.<ref>Halkias, Georgios (2009). “Loss of Memory and Continuity of Praxis in Rampur-Bashahr: an Itinerant Study of Seventeenth-Century Tibetan Murals.” In ''Contemporary Visions in Tibetan Studies'', eds. Brandon Dotson et al. Chicago: Serindia Publications, pp. 139–155.[https://www.academia.edu/601755/Loss_of_Memory_and_Continuity_of_Praxis_in_Rampur-Bashahr_an_Itinerant_Study_of_Seventeenth-Century_Tibetan_Murals]</ref>

==Geography==
Rampur is located at {{coord|31.45|N|77.63|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Rampur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rampur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1021 [[metre]]s (4429 [[foot (length)|feet]]). It is a very beautiful place situated at the bank of the [[Satluj]] river. It borders on the north with [[Spiti Valley|Spiti]], on the west with [[Kumarsain]] and Anni, on the east with [[Kinnaur]] and on the south with [[Rohru]]. The city is nearby to popular places like Jhakri, [[Sarahan|Sarahan Bushahr]], Green valley Dhar Gaura and Shraikoti to name a few. The city is also the home to Asia's Largest underground Hydro Power Project - The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station built by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (formerly known as Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation) at Jhakri with dam sight at nathpa in [[Kinnaur]] and world's deepest Surge shaft at a Shah (22 km from Rampur).

== See also ==

* [[Rampur chaddar]]
* [[Lavi Fair]]
* [[Govt. PG College Rampur Bushahr]]
* [[Bushahr]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* Photographs of Rampur-Bushahr [http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/cgi/search/advanced?screen=Public%3A%3AEPrintSearch&_action_search=Search&_fulltext__merge=ALL&_fulltext_=&title_merge=ALL&title=rampur&creators_name_merge=ALL&creators_name=&date=&keywords_merge=ALL&keywords=&subjects_merge=ALL&divisions=war&divisions_merge=ALL&collections_merge=ALL&satisfyall=ALL&order=-date%2Fcreators_name%2Ftitle] in SAS-Space

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