Back Himachal Pradesh ACE ሂማቸል ፕረዴሽ Amharic हिमाचल प्रदेश ANP هيماجل برديش Arabic হিমাচল প্ৰদেশ Assamese Himachal Pradesh AST Himaçal Pradeş Azerbaijani هیماچال پرادش AZB Himachal Pradesh BAN Хімачал-Прадэш Byelorussian
Himachal, Uttari Panjab
ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ Northern Panjab | |
|---|---|
State of India | |
| Himachal Pradesh | |
 Kangra Fort, 20 kilometres from the town of Dharamshala | |
 Location of Himachal Pradesh in the Republic of India | |
 Map of Himachal | |
| Coordinates: 31°6′12″N 77°10′20″E / 31.10333°N 77.17222°E | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government of Himachal Pradesh |
| • Governor | Rajendra Arlekar[1] |
| • Chief Justice | Lingappa Narayana Swamy[2] |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (68* seats) |
| • Chief Minister | Jai Ram Thakur (BJP) |
| • Chief Secretary | Anil Kumar Khachi[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55,673 km2 (21,495 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,856,509 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Panjabi[4] |
| • National | Panjabi[5] |
| • Additional | Rajasthani |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Official languages | languages |
| ^* | |
Himachal Pradesh (Panjabi: ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼) is a state in northern India. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It covers an area of 55,673 square kilometres (21,495 square miles), although the border with China is still disputed. The land contains high mountains. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the North Indian zone. It borders to Jammu and Kashmir to the north.
Himachal Pradesh was part of Indian Punjab before 1966.
- ↑ Reddy, R. Ravikanth (1 September 2019). "Telangana's 'people's leader' Bandaru Dattatreya appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ IANS (6 October 2019). "Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy Takes Oath As Himachal Chief Justice". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ "Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary". himachalservices.nic.in. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ Pratibha Chauhan (17 February 2019). "Bill to make Sanskrit second official language of HP passed". The Tribune. Shimla. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.