List of people from Himachal Pradesh

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This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India.

Arts

• Baba Kanshi Ram - poet and independence activist ^[1]
• Chandradhar Sharma Guleri - writer and scholar
• Gambhari Devi - folk singer and folklorist
• Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' - folklorist, poet, writer
• H.R. Harnot - writer
• Kamayani Bisht - poet and actor
• Nainsukh - painter of Kangra school of painting
• Nirmal Verma - writer
• Ram Kumar - painter
• Shriniwas Joshi - writer and theatre artist
• Siddharth Pandey - writer, photographer, musician
• Vijay Sharma - painter and art historian

Business

• M S Banga

Defence

Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards

• Major Som Nath Sharma - the first ever Param Vir Chakra awardee (1950) ^[2]
• Lieutenant Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1962)
• Captain Vikram Batra - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
• Rifleman Sanjay Kumar - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
• Major Sudhir Kumar Walia - Ashoka Chakra awardee (1999)
• Jemadar Lala, Victoria Cross awardee (1916)
• Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram - Victoria Cross awardee (1945)

Other notable defence personnel

• Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
• Major General Anant Singh Pathania, MVC, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1947-49) veteran
• Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC - 'The Hero of Skardu' in the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Lt. Col. Kushal Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, PVSM, MVC - Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
• Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC - decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran
• Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, Vayusena Medal - first IAF pilot to make a confirmed kill of a Pakistani jet in independent India; veteran of the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars
• General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC - 14th Chief of the Army Staff in the Indian Army (1988-1990)
• Lt. Saurabh Kalia - PoW in the Kargil War (1999)
• Subedar Major and Hony Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC - Mountaineer (1990s-2000s)

Historians from Himachal pradesh

• Bipan Chandra ^[3]
• Chetan Singh
• Hari Sen
• Mian Goverdhan Singh
• Om Chand Handa
• Raaja Bhasin
• Tobdan
• Tshering Dorje

Judicial

• Sanjay Karol is the sitting Judge of Supreme Court of India.
• Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. ^[4]
• Deepak Gupta (judge) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
• Lokeshwar Singh Panta is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was the first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.
• Abhilasha Kumari is a former first female Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court in 2018. ^[5]

Entertainment and Television

• Adarsh Rathore - Journalist and Singer ^[6]
• Anuj Sharma - Singer
• Anupam Kher - Bollywood Actor
• Arti Singh - Television Actress
• Ashish R Mohan - Film Director
• Asmita Sood - Television Actress
• B. R. Ishara- Bollywood Director and Script Writer
• Kangana Ranawat - Bollywood actress
• Krushna Abhishek - Actor, Comedian
• Manohar Singh - Theatre and Bollywood Actor
• Mohit Chauhan - Playback Singer
• Motilal - Bollywood Actor
• Mrinal Navell - Television Actress
• Neeraj Sood - Bollywood Actor
• Preity Zinta - Bollywood actress
• Prem Chopra - Bollywood Actor
• Priya Rajvansh - Bollywood actress
• Purva Rana - Model
• Ravi Bhatia - Television Actor
• Rubina Dilaik - Television Actress
• Savi Thakur - Television Actor
• Shipra Khanna - Chef
• Shivya Pathania - Television Actress
• Shriya Sharma - Film Actress
• Siddharth Chauhan - Screenwriter, Director, and Producer
• Vikrant Massey - Bollywood Actor
• Vishal Karwal - Television Actor
• Yami Gautam - Bollywood Actress

Politicians

Chief Ministers

• Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977) ^[7]
• Thakur Ram Lal (1977; 1980-1983)
• Shanta Kumar (1977-1980; 1990-1992)
• Virbhadra Singh (1983-1985; 1985-1990; 1993-1998; 2003-2007; 2012-2017)
• Prem Kumar Dhumal (1998-2003; 2008-2012)
• Jai Ram Thakur (2017-2022)
• Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (2022–present)

• List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh

Present and ex Union Ministers

• Jagat Prakash Nadda current Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Also the President of Bharatiya Janata Party
• Anurag Thakur
• Anand Sharma
• Chandresh Kumari Katoch
• Sukh Ram
• Shanta Kumar
• Virbhadra Singh

Council of Ministers of Himachal Pradesh

Members of Current Assembly of Himachal Pradesh

Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh

• Govind Singh Thakur
• Asha Kumari
• Balak Ram Kashyap
• Brij Behari Lal Butail
• Chander Kumar
• G. S. Bali
• Jai Bihari Lal Khachi
• Jagdev Chand Thakur
• Kaul Singh Thakur
• Khimi ram
• Kishan Kapoor
• Lata Thakur
• Mahender Singh
• Mukesh Agnihotri
• Phunchog Rai
• Pratibha Singh
• Rajeev Bindal
• Dr. Salig Ram
• Satpal Singh Satti
• Sukh Ram
• Thakur Devi Singh
• Thakur Sen Negi
• Vidya Stokes
• Vikramaditya Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)

Himachalis outside India

• Gaurav Sharma (politician) - medical doctor and MP in New Zealand
• Jay Chaudhry - CEO and founder of Zscaler a Nasdaq listed company in USA

Science and Education

• Dr Randeep Guleria - Padma Shri, Director AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders ^[8]
• Dr Jagat Ram - Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
• Dr Mahesh Verma - Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
• Dr D.S. Rana - Padma Shri, nephrologist and chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
• Dr Jagdev Guleria - Padma Shri
• Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti - Padma Shri
• Arvind Mohan Kayastha - biologist
• Anand Mohan - geologist, petrologist
• R.C. Sawhney - scientist, professor
• T. R. Sharma - plant biologist, educator
• Vijay Kumar Thakur - engineer and nano-technologist
• Munmun Dhalaria - documentary filmmaker
• Bittu Sehgal - nature conservationist and writer

Sports

• Ajay Thakur - Kabaddi Player
• Anshul Jubli - Mixed Martial Artist
• Ashish Kumar - Silver medalist in Asian Games in boxing 2019
• Charanjit Singh - Hockey (1964 Olympics)
• Chuni Lal Thakur - Winter Olympian
• Deepak Thakur - Hockey ^[9]
• Dicky Dolma - Mountaineer
• Hira Lal - Winter Olympian
• Manavjit Singh Sandhu - Sports Shooter
• Manvinder Bisla - cricketer
• Nanak Chand Thakur- Winter Olympian
• Paras Dogra - Cricketer
• Renuka Singh - Cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
• Rishi Dhawan - Cricketer
• Samaresh Jung - Sports Shooter
• Shiva Keshavan - Luge (Winter Olympian) ^[10]
• Skalzang Dorje - Archery (1996 Olympics)
• Suman Rawat - Track and field athlete
• Sushma Verma - Cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
• The Great Khali - Wrestler and Bollywood Actor
• Vijay Kumar - Sports Shooter

Religion

• Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen - Buddhist teacher and scholar
• Thakur Ram Singh - RSS and Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan

Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP

• Amrita Sher-Gil - painter
• Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal - painter
• Brijinder Nath Goswamy - art historian
• Didi Contractor - architect
• Harish Kapadia - mountaineer and writer
• Helena Roerich - philosopher and explorer
• Kirin Narayan - anthropologist
• Manohar Singh Gill - administrator, politician, and writer
• Mohan Singh Oberoi - hotelier
• Mohinder Singh Randhawa - art historian
• Norah Richards - theatre
• Nicholas Roerich - painter, philosopher, explorer
• Penelope Chetwode - travel writer
• Rahul Sankrityayan - scholar and travel writer
• Samuel Bourne - early photographer
• Satyananda Stokes - orchardist
• Sobha Singh - painter
• Svetsolav Roerich - painter
• Tenzin Gyatso - the fourteenth Dalai Lama
• Tenzin Palmo - Buddhist nun and activist
• Timothy A. Gonsalves - academic, entrepreneur
• Yeshi Dhonden - Sowa Rigpa doctor

Miscellaneous

• Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
• Seu - exponent of Kangra painting (late 17th - early 18th cent.)
• Nainsukh - exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.)
• Manaku - exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.)
• Kinkri Devi - activist and environmentalist
• Shyam Saran Negi - India's first voter
• Zorawar Singh Kahluria - general of the Dogra army in the first half of the 19th century
• Narain Chand Parashar - linguist, cultural historian, and politician
• Pelden Gyeltshen - the 40th Ganden Tripa (17th century)

References

1. "History of Himachal Pradesh". Himachal government website. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
2. "SOMNATH SHARMA | Gallantry Awards". Gallantry Awards, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. Ravi Bhushan (1992). Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow. Rifacimento International. p. 139.
4. Ravi Rohmetra, Mehr Chand Mahajan as PM of J&K, Daily Excelsior, 23 December 2016.
5. "Lokpal: Meet the men and women who will probe corruption". qrius.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
6. "A musical rap for CWG". MiD DAY. 28 September 2010.
7. "Dr YS Parmar, Himachal Founder - A Biographical Sketch". Hill Post. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
8. Chatterjee, Pritha (21 June 2011). "India's first centre for pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders soon". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
9. "India hockey team has good momentum: Deepak Thakur". The Indian Express. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
10. "OLYMPICS: NAGANO 1998; Teen-Age Luger Carries All of India". New York Times. 3 February 1998.

External links

• Prominent Personalities Of Himachal