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Himachal Pradesh ("Snowy Mountain State") is located in the extreme north-west of India, almost at the extremity of the large, densely populated part of Asia influenced by the southwest monsoon. It has a long border with Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh on the northwestern side and in the northern districts of Spiti and Kinnaur, there is a border with China (Tibet).
Himachal Pradesh, spread over 55,673 km². is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on north, Punjab on west and south-west, Haryana on south, Uttarakhand on south-east and by Tibet on the east.
The state is located in altitudes ranging from 450 meters to 6500 meters above sea level. The state capital is Shimla (formerly British India's summer capital under the name Simla). Other major towns are Solan, Dharamsala, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Chamba, Hamirpur, Dalhousie and Manali. Himachal Pradesh has five major rivers namely Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Yamuna.
Himachal Pradesh is a multireligional, multicultural as well as multilingual state like other Indian states. The Hindu communities residing in Himachal include the Brahmins, Rajputs, Kannets, Rathis and Kolis. There are also tribal population in the state which mainly comprise Gaddis, Kinnars, Gujjars, Pangawals and Lahaulis. In some area, like Lahaul Spiti, there is a majority of Buddhist population since the area is located near Tibet. A percentage of people are also Tibetans. Muslim, Christian and Sikhs are in in minority but they also enjoy the same rights as Hindus.
Though hindi is the state language, many people speak Pahari also. Pahari itself has many dialects and all of them trace their origin to the Sanskrit language- also known as origin of all languages. A majority of the population is engaged in agricultural practices, however the more educated of them are now moving towards tertiary sectors. As per the traditional dressing norms the dress of the Brahmin male includes dhoti, kurta, coat, waistcoat, turban and a hand towel while that of the Rajput male consists of tight fitting churidar pyjamas, a long coat and a starched turban. With the changing time the dress up of the people has now become a mixed one. Though the above mentioned style is now hardly followed, people have started wearing western style of clothes.
Ki gompa in Himachal
Ruskin Bond is an icon among both Anglo-Indian writers and children's authors. He was born in the dying days of the British Raj and had, by his own account, a somewhat lonely childhood, marked by his parents' divorce and his mother's remarriage. His father had died in 1944 during World War II, when Ruskin was 10, and he was raised by his mother, step-father (an Indian businessman) and other relatives. For a while, he attended Hampton Court School, which is still in existence on Mussoorie's Mall Road, once the town's major promenade and now its summertime tourist trap. He completed his schooling at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, from where he graduated in 1952. Given his childhood in various hill stations, most of his writings revolve around the foothills of the Himalayas, especially the greater Doon Valley, including Landour, Mussoorie, Dehradun and points nearby in southwestern Uttarakhand.
- Location
- Population (as per 2001 Census)- 6077248 persons
- Geographical Area (2001)- 55,673 sq. km
- Density (per Sq. Km.) (2001)- 109
- Females per 1000 Males (2001)- 970
- Birth rate (2002)- 22.1
- Death rate (2002)- 7.2
- Himachal State Government relaxes law against the killing of wild boars.
- Shimla, 21 March 2007- Recently the Himachal Pradesh state government has decided to ease its law against killing the wild boars and even consuming its meat. Now a person can kill up to ten boars in the state.
- Himachal skiers won 3 titles
- Mandi, 16 March 2007- Himachal skiers won 3 skiing titles— (i)slalom, (ii)giant slalom and (iii)best all-rounder in alpine skiing in the 5 days National Winter Games that were held at Auli in Uttarakhand on 16 March.
- Airtel hits 5 lakhs mark in Himachal Pradesh
- Shimla, 13 March 2007- Bharti Airtel had now became the first mobile operator in the state to cross the five lakhs customer mark.
As per the figures released by the Cellular Operators Association of India, Airtel in Himachal on 28 February 2007 had upto 504,042 customers.
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- ...Lahul and Spiti is the largest district of Himachal Pradesh with an area of 13,835km2?
- ...With an area of 55,658 km² (21,490 sq mi), Himachal is one of the smaller states of the country and holds the 17th rank in the list of States and Union Territories of India?
- ...The Kalka-Shimla Railway track has a length of 96 kilometers. It passes through 102 tunnels and crosses 864 bridges?
- ...there are over 10,000 primary schools, 1,000 secondary schools and more than 1,300 high schools in Himachal?
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