The area was the seat of the Kingdom of Parbat, one of the 24 Chaubisi Rajya principalities, founded in 1436 by King Dimba Bam of the Samalvanshi Thakurs after succeeding the Takam Kingdom, and counted among the most powerful of the 24 states. In 1786 Prince Bahadur Shah invaded Parbat during the unification campaign; the kingdom was defeated and brought under Nepalese control while retaining moderate autonomy as a vassal state. Parbat remained a vassal state until 1961, when King Mahendra's Rajya Rajouta Act abolished the remaining Baisi and Chaubisi principalities under vassalage. Kushma itself grew as a market town on the old traveller route from Baglung toward Pokhara, Palpa and Butwal, and was later declared the district headquarters.
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