List of people from Himachal Pradesh

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This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India.

## Arts

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* Baba Kanshi Ram \- poet and independence activist[1]
* Chandradhar Sharma Guleri \- writer and scholar
* Gambhari Devi \- folk singer and folklorist
* Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' \- folklorist, poet, writer
* H.R. Harnot \- writer
* Kamayani Bisht \- poet and actor
* Nainsukh \- painter of Kangra school of painting
* Nirmal Verma \- writer
* Ram Kumar \- painter
* Shriniwas Joshi \- writer and theatre artist
* Siddharth Pandey \- writer, photographer, musician
* Vijay Sharma \- painter and art historian

## Business

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* M S Banga

## Defence

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### Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards

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* Major Som Nath Sharma \- the first ever Param Vir Chakra awardee (1950)[2]
* Lieutenant Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa \- Param Vir Chakra awardee (1962)
* Captain Vikram Batra \- Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
* Rifleman Sanjay Kumar \- Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
* Major Sudhir Kumar Walia \- Ashoka Chakra awardee (1999)
* Jemadar Lala, Victoria Cross awardee (1916)
* Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram \- Victoria Cross awardee (1945)

### Other notable defence personnel

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* Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC \- decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
* Major General Anant Singh Pathania, MVC, MC \- decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1947-49) veteran
* Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC \- 'The Hero of Skardu' in the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
* Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand, MVC \- the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
* Lt. Col. Kushal Chand, MVC \- the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
* Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar \- the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
* Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, PVSM, MVC \- Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
* Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC \- decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran
* Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, Vayusena Medal \- first IAF pilot to make a confirmed kill of a Pakistani jet in independent India; veteran of the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars
* General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC \- 14th Chief of the Army Staff in the Indian Army (1988-1990)
* Lt. Saurabh Kalia \- PoW in the Kargil War (1999)
* Subedar Major and Hony Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC \- Mountaineer (1990s-2000s)

## Historians from Himachal pradesh

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* Bipan Chandra[3]
* Chetan Singh
* Hari Sen
* Mian Goverdhan Singh
* Om Chand Handa
* Raaja Bhasin
* Tobdan
* Tshering Dorje

## Judicial

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* Sanjay Karol is the sitting Judge of Supreme Court of India.
* Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.[4]
* Deepak Gupta (judge) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
* Lokeshwar Singh Panta is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was the first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.
* Abhilasha Kumari is a former first female Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court in 2018.[5]

## Entertainment and Television

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* Adarsh Rathore \- Journalist and Singer[6]
* Anuj Sharma \- Singer
* Anupam Kher \- Bollywood Actor
* Arti Singh \- Television Actress
* Ashish R Mohan \- Film Director
* Asmita Sood \- Television Actress
* B. R. Ishara\- Bollywood Director and Script Writer
* Kangana Ranawat \- Bollywood actress
* Krushna Abhishek \- Actor, Comedian
* Manohar Singh \- Theatre and Bollywood Actor
* Mohit Chauhan \- Playback Singer
* Motilal \- Bollywood Actor
* Mrinal Navell \- Television Actress
* Neeraj Sood \- Bollywood Actor
* Preity Zinta \- Bollywood actress
* Prem Chopra \- Bollywood Actor
* Priya Rajvansh \- Bollywood actress
* Purva Rana \- Model
* Ravi Bhatia \- Television Actor
* Rubina Dilaik \- Television Actress
* Savi Thakur \- Television Actor
* Shipra Khanna \- Chef
* Shivya Pathania \- Television Actress
* Shriya Sharma \- Film Actress
* Siddharth Chauhan \- Screenwriter, Director, and Producer
* Vikrant Massey \- Bollywood Actor
* Vishal Karwal \- Television Actor
* Yami Gautam \- Bollywood Actress

## Politicians

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### Chief Ministers

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* Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977)[7]
* Thakur Ram Lal (1977; 1980-1983)
* Shanta Kumar (1977-1980; 1990-1992)
* Virbhadra Singh (1983-1985; 1985-1990; 1993-1998; 2003-2007; 2012-2017)
* Prem Kumar Dhumal (1998-2003; 2008-2012)
* Jai Ram Thakur (2017-2022)
* Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (2022–present)

* List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh

### Present and ex Union Ministers

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* Jagat Prakash Nadda current Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Union Minister  of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Also the President of Bharatiya Janata Party
* Anurag Thakur
* Anand Sharma
* Chandresh Kumari Katoch
* Sukh Ram
* Shanta Kumar
* Virbhadra Singh

Council of Ministers of Himachal Pradesh

Members of Current Assembly of Himachal Pradesh

### Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh

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* Govind Singh Thakur
* Asha Kumari
* Balak Ram Kashyap
* Brij Behari Lal Butail
* Chander Kumar
* G. S. Bali
* Jai Bihari Lal Khachi
* Jagdev Chand Thakur
* Kaul Singh Thakur
* Khimi ram
* Kishan Kapoor
* Lata Thakur
* Mahender Singh
* Mukesh Agnihotri
* Phunchog Rai
* Pratibha Singh
* Rajeev Bindal
* Dr. Salig Ram
* Satpal Singh Satti
* Sukh Ram
* Thakur Devi Singh
* Thakur Sen Negi
* Vidya Stokes
* Vikramaditya Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)

## Himachalis outside India

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* Gaurav Sharma (politician) \- medical doctor and MP in New Zealand
* Jay Chaudhry \- CEO and founder of Zscaler a Nasdaq listed company in USA

## Science and Education

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* Dr Randeep Guleria \- Padma Shri, Director AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders[8]
* Dr Jagat Ram \- Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
* Dr Mahesh Verma \- Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
* Dr D.S. Rana \- Padma Shri, nephrologist and chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
* Dr Jagdev Guleria \- Padma Shri
* Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti \- Padma Shri
* Arvind Mohan Kayastha \- biologist
* Anand Mohan \- geologist, petrologist
* R.C. Sawhney \- scientist, professor
* T. R. Sharma \- plant biologist, educator
* Vijay Kumar Thakur \- engineer and nano-technologist
* Munmun Dhalaria \- documentary filmmaker
* Bittu Sehgal \- nature conservationist and writer

## Sports

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* Ajay Thakur \- Kabaddi Player
* Anshul Jubli \- Mixed Martial Artist
* Ashish Kumar \- Silver medalist in Asian Games in boxing 2019
* Charanjit Singh \- Hockey (1964 Olympics)
* Chuni Lal Thakur \- Winter Olympian
* Deepak Thakur \- Hockey[9]
* Dicky Dolma \- Mountaineer
* Hira Lal \- Winter Olympian
* Manavjit Singh Sandhu \- Sports Shooter
* Manvinder Bisla \- cricketer
* Nanak Chand Thakur\- Winter Olympian
* Paras Dogra \- Cricketer
* Renuka Singh \- Cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
* Rishi Dhawan \- Cricketer
* Samaresh Jung \- Sports Shooter
* Shiva Keshavan \- Luge (Winter Olympian)[10]
* Skalzang Dorje \- Archery (1996 Olympics)
* Suman Rawat \- Track and field athlete
* Sushma Verma \- Cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
* The Great Khali \- Wrestler and Bollywood Actor
* Vijay Kumar \- Sports Shooter

## Religion

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* Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen \- Buddhist teacher and scholar
* Thakur Ram Singh \- RSS and Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan

## Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP

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* Amrita Sher-Gil \- painter
* Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal \- painter
* Brijinder Nath Goswamy \- art historian
* Didi Contractor \- architect
* Harish Kapadia \- mountaineer and writer
* Helena Roerich \- philosopher and explorer
* Kirin Narayan \- anthropologist
* Manohar Singh Gill \- administrator, politician, and writer
* Mohan Singh Oberoi \- hotelier
* Mohinder Singh Randhawa \- art historian
* Norah Richards \- theatre
* Nicholas Roerich \- painter, philosopher, explorer
* Penelope Chetwode \- travel writer
* Rahul Sankrityayan \- scholar and travel writer
* Samuel Bourne \- early photographer
* Satyananda Stokes \- orchardist
* Sobha Singh \- painter
* Svetsolav Roerich \- painter
* Tenzin Gyatso \- the fourteenth Dalai Lama
* Tenzin Palmo \- Buddhist nun and activist
* Timothy A. Gonsalves \- academic, entrepreneur
* Yeshi Dhonden \- Sowa Rigpa doctor

## Miscellaneous

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* Sansar Chand \- ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
* Seu \- exponent of Kangra painting (late 17th - early 18th cent.)
* Nainsukh \- exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.)
* Manaku \- exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.)
* Kinkri Devi \- activist and environmentalist
* Shyam Saran Negi \- India's first voter
* Zorawar Singh Kahluria \- general of the Dogra army in the first half of the 19th century
* Narain Chand Parashar \- linguist, cultural historian, and politician
* Pelden Gyeltshen \- the 40th Ganden Tripa (17th century)

## References

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1. ^ "History of Himachal Pradesh". Himachal government website. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
2. ^ "SOMNATH SHARMA | Gallantry Awards". Gallantry Awards, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. ^ Ravi Bhushan (1992). Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow. Rifacimento International. p. 139.
4. ^ Ravi Rohmetra, Mehr Chand Mahajan as PM of J&K, Daily Excelsior, 23 December 2016.
5. ^ "Lokpal: Meet the men and women who will probe corruption". qrius.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
6. ^ "A musical rap for CWG". MiD DAY. 28 September 2010.
7. ^ "Dr YS Parmar, Himachal Founder - A Biographical Sketch". Hill Post. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
8. ^ Chatterjee, Pritha (21 June 2011). "India's first centre for pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders soon". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
9. ^ "India hockey team has good momentum: Deepak Thakur". The Indian Express. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
10. ^ "OLYMPICS: NAGANO 1998; Teen-Age Luger Carries All of India". New York Times. 3 February 1998.

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