HISTORY AND CULTURE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

The historical backdrop of Himachal Pradesh goes back to around two million years. These unique occupants of Himachal, the Kols and the Mundas, were constrained by the general population of the incomparable Indus valley human advancement to climb to the slopes. The Indus valley development thrived here somewhere in the range of 2250 and 1750 BC. The second rush of vagrants to the state saw Mongoloid, as Bhota and Kiratas coming in. In any case, the most critical parcel of individuals entered the zone just a short time later in the third influx of movement. These were Aryans from Central Asia. The Aryans contributed tremendously in making the way of life of the Himachal as it is today.

Himachal Pradesh was built up in 1948 as a Chief Commissioner's Province inside the Union of India. The state comprised some of the hill districts around Shimla and southern slope regions of the previous Punjab area. Himachal turned into a section C state on 26 January 1950 with the usage of the Constitution of India. Himachal Pradesh turned into a Union Territory on 1 November 1956. The new state appeared on 25 January 1971. Along these lines Himachal rose as the eighteenth state of the Indian Union. 

In prior occasions, the zone was differently separated among littler kingdoms, for example, those of Chamba, Bilaspur  , Bhagal and Dhami. After the Gurkha War of 1815– 1816, it turned out to be a piece of the British India. 

The number of inhabitants in Himachal Pradesh is a blended one however Hindus are certainly in dominant part. The Hindu people group living in Himachal incorporate the Brahmins, Rajputs, Kannets, Rathis and Kolis. There are additionally innate populace in the state which basically include Gaddis, Kinnars, Gujjars, Pangawals and Lahaulis. In some territory, as Lahaul and Spiti, there is a greater part of Buddhist populace. A level of individuals are additionally Tibetans. Muslim, Christian and Sikhs are in moderately little numbers. In spite of the fact that Hindi is the state language, numerous individuals speak Pahari. Some of the famous dance forms of Himachal are Losar Shona Chuksam (Kinnaur), Dangi (Chamba), Gee Dance and Burah move, (Sirmour), Naati, Kharait, Ujagjama and Chadhgebrikar (Kullu) and Shunto (Lahaul and Spiti). 

Regular dress of the Brahmin male fuses dhoti, kurta, coat, underskirt, turban and a hand towel while that of the Rajput male involves tight fitting churidar night robe, a long coat and a squeezed turban.The female of these two rank have kurtas, salwars, long skirts (ghaghri), weaved tops (choli) and red head scarves (rahide) as their customary clothing. The spruce up of the general population has now turned into a blended one with customary mixing effortlessly with the cutting edge.