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== History == |
== History == |
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During the [[British Raj]], Bhuntar had a bazaar and a branch office for post and telegraphs.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Punjab_District_and_State_Gazetteers/8-c2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bhuntar+gazetteer&pg=PA175&printsec=frontcover |title=Punjab District and State Gazetteers: Part A]. |date=1918 |publisher=Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government |language=en}}</ref> |
During the [[British Raj]], Bhuntar had a bazaar and a branch office for post and telegraphs.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Punjab_District_and_State_Gazetteers/8-c2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bhuntar+gazetteer&pg=PA175&printsec=frontcover |title=Punjab District and State Gazetteers: Part A]. |date=1918 |publisher=Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1905, Duff Dunbar, a British forest officer posted in Kullu, got a suspension bridge constructed at Bhuntar over the Beas River. The bridge connected the [[Kullu Valley|Kullu valley]] to the [[Parvati Valley|Parvati valley]]. The bridge was rendered unserviceable by heavy floods in September 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shabab |first=Dilaram |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Kullu/sjSiPRXZwscC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dilaram+shabab+kullu&printsec=frontcover |title=Kullu: Himalayan Abode of the Divine |date=1996 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-048-4 |pages=54 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Climate== |
==Climate== |
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