March 19, 2024

Polity


1. The Himachal Pradesh Juvenile (Prevention of Smoking) Act. 1952. 2. The Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1952. 3. The Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Amendment) act, 1953 4. The Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954. 5. The Himachal Pradesh Compulsory Primary Education Act, 1953. 6. The Himachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 1954. 7. The Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms (Amendment) act, 1954. 8. The Himachal Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1954 9. The Himachal Pradesh (Prevention of Ex- Communication) Act, 1955. 10. The Himachal Pradesh Co- operative Societies Act, 1966 (Repealed by H.P. Act No.....Read More

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Total Seats: 68 (7521 polling stations){17 Seats were reserved for SC and 3 seats for ST(Lahul and Spiti, Kinnaur and Bharmaur)}. Highest Polling booth: Tashigang ( Lahul and Spiti ). Smallest Polling booth: Ka(Kinnaur) {16 Votes}. Biggest Polling booth(Voters): Sullah(84K) Voter Turnout: 28% India’s first voter: Shyam Saran Negi(Voted for 29th Time at Kalpa polling station in Kinnaur). Seats Won by each party: BJP(44), Congress(21), BSP(0), CPI(M)(1), Independent(2). Total NOTA votes: 9%. In Dehra, Independent candidate Hoshiyar Singh won by 3914 votes over BJP candidate Ravinder Singh CPI(M) party could only win a single seat. CPI(M) State Secretary Rakesh Singha....Read More

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Lok Sabha: In 1952, Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh(Including areas of Bilaspur and Punjab Hill states): Amrit Kaur (Mandi), Tek Chand (Shimla), Hem Raj (Kangra), Anand Chand(Bilaspur). Longest serving MP in Lok Sabha: Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri(Shimla, 6 times). Present 4 Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh: Mandi, Kangra, Hamirpur and Present MPs: Mandi (Ram Swaroop Sharma); Kangra(Kishan Kapoor), Hamirpur( Anurag Thakur), Shimla(Suresh Kumar Kashyap). Rajya Sabha First Member from Himachal Pradesh: Sh. Chiranji Lal Verma (1952-58) First Independent: Anand Chand(1958-64) First Women: Leela Devi(1956 - 62) Longest Tenure: Roshan Lal(1970,1976,1982) Chandresh Kumari is the first women who represented HP....Read More

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The Punjab Village Panchayat Act of 1939 was the first statute in some areas of present Himachal Pradesh, which established the strong foundations of Panchayati Raj when in 1952, the state passed its own Panchayati Raj Panchayati Raj system in Himachal Pradesh was established in 1954 under the provisions of HP Panchayati Raj Act, 1952. The first term of the Gram Panchayats expired in the year 1957. The second elections to the village Panchayats were held during the year 1957-58, and as a result, 497 Panchayats were established in the Pradesh upto the 31st March, 1959 i. e. 160 in....Read More

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Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission: Establishment: 25th January First Chairman: General (Retd.) K. S. Katoch. Present Chairman: Gen. (Retd) DVS Rana. Only women Chairman: Bimla Bhagat In 1985, the strength of members was increased from two to Location: Nigam Vihar (Chotta Shimla) At present direct recruitment of Class-I & Class-II posts of different departments is done by the the Commission. Himachal Pradesh Institute Of Public Administration Established on January 1, Location: FAIRLAWNS Circuit House (It was originally constructed by R. Dixon. Later, it was purchased by Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Quizzalbash of Malerkotla. On his migration to Pakistan in 1947....Read More

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In 1948” Himalayan Prant Provisional Government" was set up, headed by Shiva Nand Ramaul to ensure the merger of the hill states with Indian State. On 2nd March 1948, a decision was taken for the formation of Himachal Pradesh in Delhi, in a meeting between the secretary of the Ministry of States and rulers of the hill states. The princely rulers were led by Raja Joginder Sen of Himachal Pradesh in its present form came into being as a `Chief Commissioner province' of the Indian Union on 15th April 1948 as a result of merger of 30 erstwhile princely states....Read More

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