Jajarkot was one of the 22 Baise Rajya principalities of the Karnali-Bheri region that emerged after the fragmentation of the Khasa Kingdom of Jumla in the late 13th/14th century. Its royal seat, the Jajarkot Palace (Durbar) in Khalanga, was built by King Hari Shah in 1825 BS (c. 1768 AD); originally seven storeys, it was reduced to four after the 1934 Nepal-India earthquake and damaged again in April 2015. Jajarkot remained a recognized petty (Rajauta) state under the Kingdom of Nepal until the Rajauta Act of 9 April 1961 stripped vassal rulers of their powers, and the remaining titular kingship ended when Nepal became a republic in 2008. Today Jajarkot is a district of Karnali Province with headquarters at Khalanga, comprising 3 municipalities and 4 rural municipalities.
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