List of people from Himachal Pradesh
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Himachal Pradesh
, India
. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
Former chief ministers
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
Defence
- Lt. Saurabh KaliaSaurabh KaliaCaptain Saurabh Kalia was an Indian military personnel who died during the Kargil war.-Personal life:Saurabh was born on 29 June 1976 at Amritsar, India to Mrs. Vijay and Dr. N.K. Kalia. His schooling took place in the Kendriya Vidyalaya,Holta Camp Palampur. Saurabh graduated in from H. P...
- Indian military personnel - Captain Vikram BatraVikram BatraCaptain Vikram Batra, PVC , was an officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and Pakistan....
- officer of the Indian ArmyIndian ArmyThe Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
, posthumously awarded the Param Vir ChakraParam Vir ChakraThe Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously.... - Major Som Nath SharmaSom Nath SharmaMajor Som Nath Sharma was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian gallantry award. He was awarded the medal posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. He died while evicting Pakistani infiltrators and raiders from Srinagar Airport during the...
- Indian military personnel - Honorary Captain Bhandari RamBhandari RamSepoy Bhandari Ram VC was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
- Indian recipient of the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
, - Rifleman Sanjay KumarSanjay KumarSanjay Kumar Sanjay Kumar Sanjay Kumar (Sanjay Kumar (Sanjay Kumar ([[hindi) (born [[Dhanbad,India]]) was the [[Chairman]] and [[CEO]] of [[CA, Inc.|Computer Associates International]] (now CA Technologies), until April 2004.-Emigration:...
-The contributer of his bravery with in capturing the "TIGER HILL" post in Kargil war 1999.
Media
- Anupam KherAnupam KherAnupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
- Indian actor - Kangana Ranaut- Indian actress
- Manohar SinghManohar SinghManohar Singh was a distinguished Indian theatre actor-director and a character actor in Hindi films. He is best known for his performances in films such as Party and Daddy...
- Theatre and film actor - Mohit ChauhanMohit ChauhanMohit Chauhan is an Indian pop and playback singer, most known for his romantic ballads. He started his career singing Indian pop songs with the band Silk Route, which released two albums, Boondein and Pehchan. The song "Dooba Dooba" became a rave in the Indipop music scene. However, the band...
- Bollywood singer - Preity ZintaPreity ZintaPreity Zinta is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood, as well as Telugu, Punjabi and English language films. After graduating with a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se in 1998 followed by a role in Soldier the same year...
- Indian actress - Anuj SharmaAnuj SharmaAnuj Sharma is an Indian singer born in the small town of Rehan, Himachal Pradesh, India.Sharma had begun his career while recording a Himachali Folk album in late 1996. Since then he has recorded more than 40 albums of Himachali Folk songs for a number of recording companies. He was among the...
- Indian Idol participant
Sports
- Deepak ThakurDeepak ThakurDeepak Thakur Sonkhla is a hockey forward in Indian team.-Family:His father Nardev Singh is a Army Man and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife.Deepak got younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.-Junior level:Deepak became popular after his solo effort to help India win...
- hockey - The Great Khali- wrestler
- Vijay KumarVijay KumarVijay Kumar is a sport shooter from India. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he had won two gold medals, the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition and the pairs competition in the same event together with Pemba Tamang...
- sports shooter - Manavjit Singh SandhuManavjit Singh SandhuManavjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee 2006 and Arjuna Awardee 1998....
- sports shooter
Politics
- Mehr Chand MahajanMehr Chand MahajanMehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and played a key role in the accession of J&K to India...
- Sukh RamSukh RamSukh Ram is a former union communications minister in Indian National Congress Government. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the Vidhan Sabha election five times and the Lok sabha election three times....
- G. S. BaliG. S. BaliGurmukh Singh Bali is the current MLA from Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh. He was born on 27 July 1954 at Kangra. He has Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He got married on 20 June 1977....
Former chief ministers
- Virbhadra SinghVirbhadra SinghVirbhadra Singh is the current Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of the Republic of India. He became the Union Minister of MSME of the United Progressive Alliance government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on June 21, 2010 .His portfolio was changed from Ministry of Steeel...
- Shanta KumarShanta KumarShanta Kumar is a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a former minister in Government of India. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999 from the same constituency...
- - Prem Kumar DhumalPrem Kumar DhumalPrem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from March 1998 to March 2003 and has been Chief Minister again since 1 January 2008.-Electoral career:...
- Ram Lal ThakurRam Lal ThakurRam Lal Thakur , son of Paras Ram Thakur was born on 7 June 1951 in the village Ghial in Bilaspur district. He has done B.A., LL.B. and Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Labour Welfare. He was educated at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla...
- Yashwant Singh ParmarYashwant Singh ParmarDr.Yashwant Singh Parmar was an Indian politician. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress and the first Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh state. He was born at Chanhalag village near Bagthan in the erstwhile princely state of Sirmour. He studied in the Christian College in Lahore and...
Religion
- Baba Kanshi RamBaba Kanshi RamBaba Kanshi Ram was an Indian poet and independence activist from the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.- Early life and family :...
- Indian poet and independence activist - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama- the fourteenth and current Dalai LamaDalai LamaThe Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
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Miscellaneous
- Ruskin BondRuskin BondRuskin Bond, born 19 May 1934, is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist....
--writer - Raja Sansar ChandRaja Sansar ChandSansar Chand was a famous ruler of the state of Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. He is remembered as a patron of the arts, and the Kangra paintings.-Ascendency:...
- Satyananda StokesSatyananda StokesSatyananda Stokes was an American who moved to India and adopted it as his own country. Stokes' given name was Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr., and belonging to a prominent family and was the son of a successful businessman who pioneered elevators in America he came to India in 1904 to work at a leper...
- General Zorawar SinghGeneral Zorawar SinghZorawar Singh Kahluria was born in a village of Kahlur State in modern Himachal Pradesh, India....