Himachali Pradesh celebrating golden Jubilee year of its statehood day!

Himachali are shining all the way on National & International Level in all the Fields. (S.S.Dogra)

Nestled in the northern Himalayan region of India, Himachal Pradesh is famous worldwide for natural beauty, snowy mountains, tourist and religious places by the name Devbhoomi. On 25 January 1971, exactly 50 years ago, Himachal got statehood status in the Republic of India.

However, if you look at the history of Himachal, Although if we look at the history of Himachal, it got the status of Union Territory on 1st November 1956 itself and credit goes to Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar who incidentally also became the first Chief Minister of Himachal.

Always ready to give a different identity to the hilly region and all round development of the hills, therefore it will not be an exaggeration to call him the father of Himachal, it is worth mentioning that Himachalis have shown their patriotism, honesty, intellectual, God-faith, creative, social service, with the qualities of humanity, bravery, hard work, simplicity, etc., made a unique identity of the state in India as well as abroad which is really a matter of pride for any Himachali.

Last year, even during the Karona epidemic, the state government-residents also made commendable efforts in their state in the prevention of this global disease – which inspired other states as well, and the Himachal government also helped its residents to get their online documents done while sitting at home. A remarkable initiative.

Let us also look at the important and historical facts of Himachal state, according to the geography, this state is spread over a total of 55,673 square kilometer plot, where most of the area is hilly, 50 years ago Himachal population was 34,60,434 which has become 75 lakhs in the year 2020. Because I remember very well when in the 70-80s, when I used to go to my paternal place to spend their holidays, then at that time Himachal was deprived of basic facilities, mainly electricity, water, roads, transport facilities, hospitals was battling for the infrastructure of educational institutions etc.

But where is the good fortune of the state that all the Chief Ministers who hold the reins of the state? Parmar, Thakur Ram Lal ji, Virbhadra Singh ji, Santa Kumar ji, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal ji, and presently Jai Ram Thakur ji, during their tenure, have served whole-heartedly in bringing their state on the top, here due to the awareness, responsible behavior of the residents of the state, all of them together, have also set a commendable example in creating a glorious image of Himachal in front of the whole country.

The state is a symbol of communal unity where many temples, mosques, gurudwaras, churches have been established with great respect.

Bodh Dharma Guru – Lakhs of Tiwvatis have settled peacefully in Dharamshala, permanently under the guidance of the Novel Prize winning Dalai Lama ji.

Be it Mughal rulers or British-politicians since ancient times, people associated with film television, tourists from abroad – love Himachal with their hearts, Bharat Ratna and former Prime Minister have built his bungalow in Manali long time ago. The present Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji also expressed his special affection towards the state of Himachal during the inauguration of the Atal Tunnel.

Today Himachal has been able to create basic infrastructure in almost all the areas during its struggle journey of 50 years, today Baddi Industrial Area has developed extensively in the state. All the 12 districts of the state Chamba, Kangra, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Lahaul Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan are connected by road. But now the need is felt to develop some new rail and air routes in the state.

Himachali has been the main center of attraction because full of Pollution free zones with beautiful rivers, lakes, waterfalls, icy mountains, green valleys.
In a pure environment, the state should now also take serious steps towards developing a Media, sports university & Film City, as a result of which, besides nurturing the talent in their own state, the future generation will shine in the sports, media and film world, besides employment and economic will also help strengthen the state will automatically prosper. Although Himachalis have also limited resources, agriculture, medical, engineering, literature, army, education, social service, politics, police, administration, art, culture, environment, IT, sports, media, television, film, In almost all fields, the country, abroad has brought a lot of fame, and now the day is not far away when, in the coming future, on the strength of his intellectual leadership, there will be a Himachali on the glorious throne of the highest post of India i.e. President or Prime Minister. By the way it’s a fact that Himachali are shining all the way on National & international Level in all the fields.

Article by S. S Dogra : Web: http://ssdogra.com/

(Author: Has written three books on media education, currently working as Asst. Professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in FIMT College, as well as Delhi Bureau Chief of Himalini magazine published from Nepal.)