Introduction Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is situated in the Western Himalayan belt of Northern India. The state of Himachal Pradesh has boundaries with the Jammu and Kashmir in the North, Uttar Pradesh in the Southeast, Haryana in the South and Punjab in the West. It is located between 30"22' and 30"12' north latitude and between 75"47' and 79"4' east longitude. The mountainous state has altitudes ranging from 350 to 7000 meters (1050 ft. to 21000 ft.) above the sea level. Himachal Pradesh came into being as a part C State of Indian Union on 15th April, 1948 by integrating 30 big and small hill states. All these areas at theat time constituted four districts namely: Chamba, Mahasu, Mandi and Sirmour with area of 27,169 square kilometers. In 1954, the neighboring State of Bilaspur was integrated with Himachal Pradesh there by adding one more district having 1167 S.K.
Himachal Pradesh remained part C State of the Indian Union till 1956. In 1956 States reorganization Commission recommended to abolish the categorization of States as Part A, B, C etc. With this addition at that time, HP constituted of ten districts, an area of 55,673 kilometres and population 28.12 lakh (1961 census).On 1st September, 1972 two more districts viz Hamirpur and Una were created by trifurcation of Kangra districts.Mahasu and Shimla districts were recoganised as Shimla an Solan districts on 1st September, 1972.Since, 1st September, 1972 onwards, there had been no change in the administrative structure of Himachal Pradesh. Presently, there are 12 districts, 52 Sub-divisions, 75 tehsils and 34 Sub-tehsils in Himachal Pradesh.
Today, Himachal Pradesh is one of the most important travel destinations in India. The high hills of Himalayas attract the travelers from all over the world. Himachal Pradesh has plenty of hill resorts, pilgrimage centers, adventure sports destinations and wildlife that attracts a wide range of tourist traffic. Himachal Pradesh has several travel plans for the visitors. We have made special travel packages in collaboration with the leading Holiday Resorts and Hill Resorts of Himachal Pradesh.
