ASP.NET postbacks lose the hash in the URL

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On an ASP.NET page with a tabstrip, I'm using the hash code in the URL to keep track of what tab I'm on (using the BBQ jQuery plugin). For example:

http://mysite.com/foo/home#tab=budget

Unfortunately, I've just realized that there are a couple of places on the page where I'm using an old-fashioned ASP.NET postback to do stuff, and when the postback is complete, the hash is gone:

http://mysite.com/foo/home

... so I'm whisked away to a different tab. No good.

This is a webforms site (not MVC) using .NET 4.0. As you can see, though, I am using URL routing.

Is there a way to tell ASP.NET to keep the hash in the URL following a postback?

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