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Himachal Pradesh is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the eleven mountain states and is characterized 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 'Land of Gods and Goddess'.
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 an MLA and 5 times as member of 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.
Paonta Sahib is an industrial town of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is located in the south of Sirmaur district, on National Highway 7. Paonta Sahib is an important place of worship for Sikhs, hosting a large Gurdwara named Gurudwara Paonta Sahib, on the banks of the river Yamuna. The river is the boundary between the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Pratibha Singh is an indian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She is wife of Virbhadra Singh who had been a six time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. She represented the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Anurag Singh Thakur is a member of the Lower House of Parliament in India from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, and the current Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Thakur also served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs. He is the son of Prem Kumar Dhumal, the former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2008 in a by poll as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a four time MP, being a member of 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Lok Sabha. He was awarded the Sansad Ratna Award in 2019, an award established in 2010 by private organisations for recognizing contributions by parliamentarians.
Urmila Singh was the former Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. She was appointed governor on 25 January 2010.
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Congress leader Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. Its head office is situated at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla. Kuldeep Singh Rathore is the current president.
Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney was a civil servant, governor of the states of Tripura, Nagaland, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and a chairman of the National Minorities Commission.
Maharani Chandresh Kumari Katoch is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. She is a former Minister of Culture in India's central government. She was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Jodhpur constituency. Katoch was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the Government of India on 28 October 2012, and was given the portfolio of the Ministry of Culture. She is daughter of Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur and Maharani Krishna Kumari and is married into the royal family of Kangra with Raja Aditya Dev Chand Katoch, in Himachal Pradesh. She contested but lost in the 2014 Indian general election.
Jagat Singh Negi is the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Kinnaur, India. He was the Deputy Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March, 2013 to December, 2017. He is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Shahpur is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Shahpur is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.
Nalagarh is one of the 67 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a centre Indian state. Nalagarh is also part of Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.
Kinnaur is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a centre Indian state. Kinnaur is also part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Dharampur is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a state in India. It is also part of Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Nagrota is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Nagrota is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.
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, a former Member of Parliament. After the death of Virbhadra Singh on 8 July 2021, Vikramaditya crowned as the titular 123rd scion-king of the erstwhile Bushahr state on the day of 10 July 2021.