Himachal Pradesh is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas,it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterised by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks and extensive river systems. Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north,and the states of Punjab to the west,Haryana to the southwest,Uttarakhand to the southeast and a very narrow border with Uttar Pradesh to the south. The state also shares an international border to the east with the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. Himachal Pradesh is also known as Dev Bhoomi or Dev Bhumi,meaning 'Land of Gods' and Veer Bhoomi which means 'Land of the Brave'.
Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is a public state university at Summer Hill,Shimla,Himachal Pradesh. It was established on 22 July 1970 by The Himachal Pradesh University Act,1970 by the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,before the emergence of Himachal Pradesh as a full state of 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.
Jai Ram Thakur is an Indian politician,and was the Chief Minister of the state of Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He is serving his sixth term as MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Himachal Pradesh. Thakur was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009 to 2012. He is serving as Leader of opposition in current legislative assembly of the state.He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He won his first election in the year 1998 from now delimited constituency of Chachiot (Seraj).
Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH),formerly Himachal Pradesh Medical College,is a public medical college and hospital located in Snowdown area of Lakkar Bazaar,Shimla,Himachal Pradesh,India.
The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anirudh Singh is the present Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kasumpti,Shimla,Himachal Pradesh.
Bharmour is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Bharmour is also part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Bikram Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and represents the Jaswan-Pragpur. Singh was the Industry Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
Suresh Bhardwaj is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhardwaj was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Shimla constituency in Shimla district. He was Cabinet Minister for Law and Education in Jairam Thakur led BJP government. He lost from the Kasumpti seat in 2022 vidhansabha elections,defeated by sitting Congress MLA Anirudh Singh.
Atal Medical and Research University, commonly known as AMRU and earlier known as Himachal Pradesh University of Health Sciences is a university in Ner Chowk,Mandi,Himachal Pradesh,India. It is first university in the state of Himachal Pradesh to specialise in medicine and health sciences.
Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an Indian politician and President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anil Sharma is an Indian politician,agriculturist and businessman from Himachal Pradesh. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Mandi as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1993,2007,and 2012 and as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017. He is also the father of actor Aayush Sharma and son of Pandit Sukh Ram.
Hans Raj is a former deputy speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the assembly from Churah in Chamba district. He was and studied BA,BEd,MA and M.Phil. He was first elected to the assembly in 2012.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
Rohit Thakur is a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Jubbal-Kotkhai constituency in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. He is the grandson of former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Thakur Ram Lal. He is a member of Indian National Congress.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is an Indian politician currently serving as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. As a member of Indian National Congress,he is a 4-time and incumbent MLA from Nadaun assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh.
Jia Lal is an Indian politician,who currently serves as Member of Legislative Assembly from Bharmour Assembly constituency. Jia Lal won from Bharmour constituency in 2017 state assembly elections.
Lata Thakur was an Indian politician. She was an MLA from the Lahaul and Spiti Assembly Constituency in the 1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. She belonged to the Indian National Congress. Lata Thakur was the first female legislator from Lahaul and Spiti,and the first Scheduled Tribe MLA in all of Himachal Pradesh.
Shriniwas Joshi is a columnist,theatre artist,and retired civil servant from Himachal Pradesh,India. As a columnist,Joshi is especially known for his column 'Vignettes' in the Indian English daily The Tribune,through which he has documented people,history,places,and idiosyncratic things all across Himachal Pradesh. As a theatre figure,he has been associated for decades with Shimla's historic Gaiety Theatre,for which he has written,acted in,and directed a number of plays. As a retired civil servant,Joshi has been active in various civic causes in Shimla,including heritage conservation,environmental protection,and the promotion of arts.
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