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Himachal Pradesh came into being on 15th April, 1948 as a centrally administered territory by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely States. At that time the State had four districts viz. Chamba, Mahasu, Mandi and Sirmaur and its area was 25,839 sq. kms.
Later in 1951, it became a part “C” State under a Governor with a 36 Member Legislative Assembly and a three member cabinet. In 1954,
Bilaspur, another part ‘C’ State was merged with Himachal Pradesh thereby adding one more district with an area of 1,168 sq. kms. And the strength of its Assembly was raised to 41.
In 1956, despite the majority recommendations of the State Re-organisation Commission for its merger with Punjab, Himachal Pradesh retained its separate entity. On November 1, 1956 it again became a Union Territory under an Administrator designated as Lieutenant Governor and its Assembly was abolished.
In 1960, a new border district of Kinnaur was carved out of Mahasu district.
Then in 1963, Assembly was revived and a popular Ministry was
formed. Till October, 1966 the old Himachal Pradesh comprised the six hill districts of Bilaspur, Chamba, Kinnaur, Mahasu, Mandi and Sirmaur with an area of 27,007 sq. kms. Having a population of 13,51,144
persons(1951 Census).
On 1st November, 1966, it was enlarged by merging the district of Kangra, Shimla, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, the Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala district, some parts of Una tehsil of Hoshiarpur district and Dalhousie of
Gurdaspur district of the then Punjab State. With this merger the total area of Himachal Pradesh increased to 55,673 sq. kms. And its population to 28,12,463(1961 Census).
Now it comprised the Districts of Bilaspur, Chamba, Kangra, Kinnaur,
Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Mahasu, Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur.
On 25th January, 1971, Himachal Pradesh attained Statehood.
Reorganisation of the districts took place on 1st September, 1972 as a consequence whereof two more new districts namely Una and Hamirpur were created mainly as a result of trifurcation of the erstwhile Kangra district. Also from the then existing districts of Mahasu and Shimla, new districts of Shimla and Solan were formed by reorganizing the boundaries of old districts. Presently, the strength of Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh is 68. To the Union
Legislature, Himachal Pradesh is represented by 4 Members to Lok Sabha and 3 Members to Rajya Sabha. The Pradesh has got a High Court and a Public Service Commission located at Shimla. There are three Universities in the Pradesh. One for general education with its seat at Shimla, the other Agricultural University with its seat at Palampur and the third is Horticulture and Forestry University
with its seat at Nauni(Solan).
गर्व से कहो हम हिमाचली हैं। लागा ढोला रा धमाका मेरा हिमाचल बड़ा बांका।
