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The Complete Administrative History of Himachal Pradesh:



Complete Administrative History of Himachal Pradesh


The Chief Commissioners Province:


Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948. At that time it became a chief commissioner's province with the merger of 26 Shimla hill states and four Punjab hill states. It covered an area of 25,225 km with a population of 9.35 lakh. The first chief commissioner was N C Mehta. The conference for creation of Himachal was held on 28 January 1948 in Solan.


Chamba, Mahasu, Mandi and Sirmour were created on 15th April 1948 with an area of 27,169 km.

The secretariat in those days was called Himachal Dham. 


The Part-C State:

Himachal Pradesh became a part C state in 1951 with the 36 member Legislative Assembly. The first Lieutenant Governor of Himachal Pradesh was major general MS Himmat Singh who assumed the office on 1st March 1952. On 24th March 1952, Y S Parmar became the first chief minister.


On 1st July 1954, Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh. Raja Anand Chand of Bilaspur was against the decision but merger happened anyway. Under the chairmanship of Faisal Ali State reorganisation Commission was constituted in 1953.


The Union Territory:

On 1st November 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a union territory.

Indian government passed the Territorial Council Act 1956 which constituted a 43 member territorial Council. Raja Bajrang Bahadur became Lt. Governor and Thakur Karam Singh became chairman of the Territorial Council. 


In 1960 Kinnaur was created out of Chini tehsil of Mahasu district. 

A committee under Mr Ashok Sen, the Union Law Minister submitted a report in 1962 and recommended transfer of more subjects to the Territorial Council. So the Government of Union Territories Act 1963 created the Legislative Assembly in place of territorial Council.


On 1st July 1963, Dr Y S Parmar was sworn in as the Chief Minister. On 28 September 1965, Hukum Singh Committee was formed. It recommended the creation of Haryana and Merger of Punjab Hill areas to Himachal Pradesh. 

In 1966,  Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul Spiti and Shimla were created.


The Statehood:

The State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by the Parliament of India on 18th December 1970.  On 25th January 1971 Himachal Pradesh received statehood. S Chakravarti became the first governor of Himachal Pradesh .

In 1972 to Hamirpur and Una were formed. Mahasu and Shimla districts reorganized in to Shimla and Solan.




Other Useful Posts:



Detailed History of Mandi


Detailed History of Bilaspur 


Rivers and Drainage System of HP







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