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(Top) 1 Arts 2 Business 3 Defence 3.1 Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards 3.2 Other notable defence personnel 4 Historians from Himachal pradesh 5 Judicial 6 Entertainment and Television 7 Politicians 7.1 Chief Ministers 7.2 Present and ex Union Ministers 7.3 Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh 8 Himachalis outside India 9 Science and Education 10 Sports 11 Religion 12 Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP 13 Miscellaneous 14 References 15 External links

List of people from Himachal Pradesh

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

Arts[edit]

Baba Kanshi Ram - poet and independence activist
Chandradhar Sharma Guleri - writer and scholar
Gambhari Devi - folk singer and folklorist
Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' - folklorist, poet, writer
H.R. Harnot - writer
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[edit]

M S Banga

Defence[edit]

Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards[edit]

Major Som Nath Sharma - the first ever Param Vir Chakra awardee (1950)
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[edit]

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[edit]

Judicial[edit]

Entertainment and Television[edit]

Adarsh Rathore - journalist, singer
Anuj Sharma - singer
Anupam Kher - film actor
Ashish R Mohan - film director
Asmita Sood - television actress
B. R. Ishara- film director and script writer
Kangana Ranawat - Bollywood actress
Manohar Singh - theatre and film actor
Mohit Chauhan - Bollywood singer
Motilal (actor)
Mrinal Navell - Actress
Neeraj Sood - Film Actor
Preity Zinta - film actress
Prem Chopra - Bollywood Actor
Priya Rajvansh - film 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
Vishal Karwal - television actor
Yami Gautam - film actress

Politicians[edit]

Chief Ministers[edit]

Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977)
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)

Present and ex Union Ministers[edit]

Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Himachalis outside India[edit]

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[edit]

DrRandeep Guleria - Padma Shri, Director AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders
DrJagat Ram - Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
DrMahesh Verma - Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
DrD.S. Rana - Padma Shri, nephrologist and Chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
DrJagdev Guleria - Padma Shri
DrOmesh 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[edit]

Ajay Thakur - kabaddi player
Ashish Kumar - silver medalist in Asian Games in boxing 2019
Charanjit Singh - hockey (1964 Olympics)
Chuni Lal Thakur - Winter Olympian
Deepak Thakur - hockey
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)
Skalzang Dorje - Archery (1996 Olympics)
Suman Rawat - Track and field athlete
Sushma Verma - cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
The Great Khali - wrestler
Vijay Kumar - sports shooter

Religion[edit]

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

Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP[edit]

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 - academician, entrepreneur
Yeshi Dhonden - Sowa Rigpa doctor

Miscellaneous[edit]

Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
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[edit]

External links[edit]

Prominent Personalities Of Himachal

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