HIMACHAL PRADESH

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Formation date : 1971 January 25 (18th state)

Capital: SHIMLA, DHARAMSALA(winter)

First CM : Dr.Yashwant Singh Parmar

Present CM : Vir Bhadra Singh

Governor : Acharya Dev Vrat

Dance forms: Nati , Mala , Demon, Ludi, Nagas

Known as :

Bowl of Fruits

State of All Seasons

Apple State

Mountain state

Points to remember

• Goorkha war in 1815-16 and Britain captured Shimla
• Govind sagar dam is one of the worlds largest gravity dam
• Manikaran geothermal energy plant
• Bhakra Dam  concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River
• City of Taboos Malana
• Electric city Joginder
• First woman Chief Justice in India ---Justice Leela Seth 1991 HP
• Rashtrapathi Nivas (Henry Irwin//vice regal lodge) ---Shimla
• Indias first automatic telephone exchange ---Shimla 1913
• Central potato research institute--Shimla
• Indian Institute of Advanced Studies--Shimla
• First state to ban plastic
• First state to launch E-Vidhaan mobile app
• The Great Himalayan National Park was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites

Mountain Passes:

Shipki La: connects HP to Tibet

Rohtang : connects Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys

Bara-lacha la : Lahaul district to Ladakh

Rivers: 

CHENAB 

RAVI

BEAS (Vipasa) --originates from Rohtang and flows through Kulu (known as hiphasis in Greek)

-----------------------Mandi situated on the banks of beas.

SATLUJ-- passes through SHIPKI LA. Govind sagar dam

Cities

Manali
Shimla
Dharamshala
Dalhousie
Kasauli

Peoples to be remembered

Ruskin Bond

Aruna Asif Ali (Quit India Movement)

Dalai Lama

Priety Sinta

Anupam Kher

Diky Dolma (Youngest to conquer Mt. Everest in 1993)