The Snow Valley

The 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 agai...

Hello Readers.... In this post I have provided a trick to learn the Parts of the constitution. Hope it will be helpful for you.. The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 448 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules. The tradition of having a written constitution started with the USA, which had adopted the first-ever written constitution in the world, after the end of the Civil War there in 1776. The Preamble: The draft of the Preamble was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru and is based on the American model. The 42nd Amendment of 1976 added the words ``Secular and Socialist'' and now the preamble reads as follows. “We the People of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens : Justice; social, economic and...