The world record for concrete pumping was set on 7 August 2009 during the construction of the Parbati Hydroelectric Project, near the village of Suind, Himachal Pradesh, India, when the concrete mix was pumped through a vertical height of.

The Dalai Lama has since lived in exile in Dharamshala, in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, where the Central Tibetan Administration is also established.

Rang Mahal of Chamba ( Himachal Pradesh ) is another site of historic Dogri fresco with wall paintings depicting scenes of Draupti Cheer Haran, and Radha-Krishna Leela.

The script is also widely used in the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and the national capital of Delhi, with Punjabi being one of the official languages in these states.

His argument is that from the 10th century, regional differences started to appear between the Sharada script used in Punjab, the Hill States ( partly Himachal Pradesh ) and Kashmir.

After 1948, when Himachal Pradesh was established as an administrative unit, the local Takri variants were replaced by Devanagari.

It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south.

* Statistics and Data, Planning Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh

* Himachal Pradesh Tour Packages

* Himachal Pradesh Culture-Being Himachali

* Official website of Himachal Pradesh Government

* Himachal Pradesh Census 2001

* Wooden Temples in Himachal Pradesh

* Birds of Himachal Pradesh

* Butterflies of Himachal Pradesh

* Landscapes of Himachal Pradesh

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There is a temple built in Manali, Himachal Pradesh for Ghatotkacha near Hidimba Devi Temple.

There is a temple built in Manali, Himachal Pradesh for Ghatotkacha near Hidimba Devi Temple.

Rhesus macaque with two babies near the Jakhu temple of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

There is a temple of Rishyashringa in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

The Kamakhya temple in the forest region of Polian Purohitan in Una District of Himachal State is situated at about 600 mt above sea level.

A modern Kinnauri language called by the same name ( pronounced locally Jangshung ) is spoken by 2, 000 people in the Sutlej Valley of Himachal Pradesh who claim to be descendants of the Zhangzhung.

The majority of Punjabi-speaking people in India can be found in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, as well as in Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Licensed to the Tibetan Children ’ s Village School in Dharamsala, Kangra ( Himachal Pradesh ), Radio Tashi Delek 90. 4 FM is believed to be the first licensed community radio station in the Indian Himalayan Region.

This happened at the Hyphasis ( modern Beas ), the exact spot being believed to be at ' Kathgarh ' in Indora tehsil of Himachal Pradesh with nearest rail head at Pathankot, Punjab ).

The Sarus Crane breeds in some high elevation regions such as near the Pong Dam in Himachal Pradesh, where populations may be growing in response to increasing rice cultivation along the reservoir.

In 2011, the fair was granted international status, making it the fifth fair in the state of Himachal Pradesh to be granted this honor.

Chilgoza is one of the most important cash crops of tribal people residing in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It can be rightly established that in India, it is found only in Kinnaur, besides few other places in the world including Kabul.

The variety from Himachal Pradesh is considered to be of the highest quality throughout India.

Rajput Dogras are believed to be Suryavanshi along with chandravanshi Rajputs of Chattari origin, migrating many centuries ago from Rajputana ( now called Rajasthan ) to the hilly areas of Jammu and lower altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh ( Una, Kangra, Mandi, Bilaspur and Hamirpur ).

Beyond the confluence of Indus and Panjnad rivers, the Indus river was known as Satnad ( Sat = seven ) carrying the waters of seven rivers including Indus river, which is believed to be in earlier times the Saraswati / Ghaggar / Hakra river which eventually dried and became a seasonal river due to seismic shifts in the glacial region of Himachal Pradesh where it originated and later on Kabul river and the five rivers of Punjab.

It may be noted here that in certain parts of Himachal Pradesh Hidimbi is worshipped as a goddess.

But if Haryana and Himachal could be separated sikhs could have a Punjab in which they could form a majority of 60 per cent against the Hindus being 40 per cent.