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'''Darbar Move''' is the name given to the bi-annual shift of the secretariat and all other government offices of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from one capital city to another. From May to October, governmental offices are housed in the summer capital, [[Srinagar]], and the other six months in its winter capital, [[Jammu]]. The tradition was started during Dogra rule in 1872 by [[Ranbir Singh (Maharaja)|Maharaja Ranbir Singh]].<ref name="144years">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jammu/covid-19-jammu-kashmir-defers-darbar-move-first-time-in-144-years/articleshow/82094983.cms|title=Covid-19: Jammu & Kashmir defers Darbar Move, first time in 144 years}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/what-is-the-darbar-move-in-j-k-all-about/article18409452.ece |website=thehindu.com |title=What is the Darbar Move in J&K all about |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 May 2017}}</ref> The issue of discontinuing the move has occasionally been raised, but the economic benefits the move brings to Jammu has led to resistance to any plans to reform it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/darbar-move-expensive-move/|title=Darbar Move: Expensive Move|work=onlykashmir.in|access-date=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507123244/http://onlykashmir.in/darbar-move-expensive-move/#|archive-date=7 May 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/11/summer-capitals-comeback-xanadu-darbar-move-britain-cleethorpes|title=Why it's time for summer capitals to make a comeback|date=11 August 2015|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashiq |first1=Peerzada |title=COVID-19 halts J&K's 'Darbar Move', first time in 144 years |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-halts-jks-darbar-move-first-time-in-144-years/article31313728.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=12 April 2020 |language=en-IN |date=11 April 2020}}</ref>
'''Darbar Move''' was the name given to the bi-annual shift of the secretariat and all other government offices of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from one capital city to another. From May to October, governmental offices were housed in the summer capital, [[Srinagar]], and the other six months in its winter capital, [[Jammu]]. The tradition was started during the rule of [[Ranbir Singh (Maharaja)|Maharaja Ranbir Singh]] in 1872 .<ref name="144years">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jammu/covid-19-jammu-kashmir-defers-darbar-move-first-time-in-144-years/articleshow/82094983.cms|title=Covid-19: Jammu & Kashmir defers Darbar Move, first time in 144 years}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/what-is-the-darbar-move-in-j-k-all-about/article18409452.ece |website=thehindu.com |title=What is the Darbar Move in J&K all about |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 May 2017}}</ref> The tradition was continued even after 1952 by State Government of Jammu and Kashmir, as it acted a major bridge space for interaction between the linguistics and diverse cultural groups of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/darbar-move-expensive-move/|title=Darbar Move: Expensive Move|work=onlykashmir.in|access-date=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507123244/http://onlykashmir.in/darbar-move-expensive-move/#|archive-date=7 May 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/11/summer-capitals-comeback-xanadu-darbar-move-britain-cleethorpes|title=Why it's time for summer capitals to make a comeback|date=11 August 2015|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashiq |first1=Peerzada |title=COVID-19 halts J&K's 'Darbar Move', first time in 144 years |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-halts-jks-darbar-move-first-time-in-144-years/article31313728.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=12 April 2020 |language=en-IN |date=11 April 2020}}</ref>


In April 2021, it was the first time that [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] decided to defer the traditional summer Darbar Move due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="144years"/>
In April 2021, for the first time in history [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] decided to defer the Darbar Move due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="144years"/>
 
On 30 June 2021, the 149 years old biannual tradition of shifting capital between Jammu and Srinagar came to an end when the Government  led by Lieutenant Governor [[Manoj Sinha]] cancelled the practice and served a notice to the employees working in the civil secretariat to vacate darbar move related accommodation in three weeks. Regarding the discontinuation of the move, on 30 March 2020, former chief secretary B. V. R Subramanyam said that government had been taken concrete steps to switch paperless office by rolling out e_office in the moving departments. The administration has uploaded official records to the e_office. The switch to the online mode will avoid wear and tear as well as loss of official records during the biannual transit, besides saving the associated transportation costs. Government offices will now function at both Jammu and Srinagar.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1 July 2021|title=Jammu & Kashmir government ends 149-year-old ‘Darbar Move'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/srinagar/jammu-kashmir-government-ends-149-year-old-darbar-move/articleshow/84008109.cms|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref><ref name="India Today">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=30 June 2021|title=J&K govt ends 149-year-old practice of 'darbar move', asks officials to vacate residential accommodation in 21 days|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/j-k-cancels-residential-accommodation-darbar-move-employees-1821283-2021-06-30|newspaper=India Today}}</ref>
 
This productive and efficient move will save money, resources and time, that could be utilised towards the welfare and development of the union territory. These resources can be utilised for the protection and propagation of the culture and heritage of the communities.<ref name="India Today"/>


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