Darbar Move
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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 from one capital city to another. The practice, which operated from 1872 till 2021 and was revived again in 2025, involves housing governmental offices in the summer capital, Srinagar, from May to October, and in the winter capital, Jammu, during the remaining six months. The tradition was started during the rule of Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1872.[1][2] The tradition continued after 1952 as a bridge for administrative, linguistic and cultural interaction between the diverse regions of Jammu and Kashmir.[3][4][5]
