Chamba district is the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh,in India,with its headquarters in Chamba town. The towns of Dalhousie,Khajjhiar and Churah Valley are popular hill stations and vacation spots for the people from the plains of northern India.
Mandi district is one of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Mandi is the headquarters of the district.
Virbhadra Singh was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party,he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and 5 times as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. Virbhadra Singh was popularly known by the honorific Raja Sahib. Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,holding the office from 1983 to 1990,from 1993 to 1998,from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017,when he was succeeded by the BJP's Jai Ram Thakur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962,1967,1971,1980 and 2009. Singh served as a Union Minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. At the time of his demise,he was serving as an MLA from Arki constituency.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Sansar Chand was a Rajput ruler of the erstwhile Kangra State in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Chamba is a town in the Chamba district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. According to the 2001 Indian census,Chamba has a population of 20,312 people. Located at an altitude of 1,006 metres (3,301 ft) above mean sea level,the town is situated on the banks of the Ravi River,at its confluence with the Sal River.
Preneet Kaur is an Indian politician who served in the Government of India as a Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014. She is married to Amarinder Singh,who was the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. She joined the Congress party,to which her husband also belonged once,and contested parliamentary elections repeatedly from the Patiala constituency. In February 2023,she was suspended from the party for supporting BJP leader and her husband Amarinder Singh and campaigning for candidates of the BJP or BJP-allied parties. She won the elections of 1999,2004 and 2009,but lost her seat in the elections of 2014 and made a comeback by winning again in 2019.
Karan Singh is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the titular Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. From 1952 to 1965 he was the Sadr-i-Riyasat (President) of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.
Raja Nareshchandra Singh,was an Indian ruler of Sarangarh state in Raigarh District,Chhattisgarh. He also served as Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh.
Churah is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. This constituency is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes. It came into existence for the second time in 2008,following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency.
Makrai State was a princely state in India during the time of the British Raj. The seat was in Makrai.
Siba State,later known as Dada-Siba,was a small independent Indian hill state in the Lower Himalayas. It was centered on the town of Dadasiba,Pragpur tehsil,Kangra district,in modern-day Himachal Pradesh. The state was founded in ca.1450. In 1849 the territory of Datarpur was added to Siba Jagir and annexed by the British Raj as 'Dada-Siba'.
Vijay Sharma is an Indian painter and art historian,known for his expertise in the Pahari school of miniature painting. He was honored by the Government of India,in 2012,with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
The partial list of political families of Uttar Pradesh state of India and their notable members:
Dalhousie Assembly constituency is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern Indian state. Dalhousie is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.
His Highness Raja Sir Anand Chand was the 44th Raja of Bilaspur. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.
The 13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh was formed following the 2017 Assembly election for all 68 seats in the unicameral legislature. The term of 13th Assembly expired in December 2022,and the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was conducted to form the 14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
Vikramaditya Singh is an Indian politician,who currently serves as Member of Legislative Assembly from Shimla Rural constituency. He is the son of the former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Late Virbhadra Singh. His mother is Pratibha Singh,who was a Member of Parliament from Mandi,Lok Sabha Constituency.
Padmini Devi is the titular Rajmata of Jaipur.
Dr. Salig Ram was a medical doctor,freedom fighter,and politician from Himachal Pradesh,India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. Over 1966–72,he served as a Member of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha. Over 1972–77,he served as a Minister with various portfolios in the Government of Himachal Pradesh,principally under the Chief Ministership of Y.S. Parmar and later for a brief period under Thakur Ram Lal. He was known as a dissident of Y.S. Parmar.
