Establishment of interim government

After independence of india, a Conference was held, by Himachal Pradesh States Regional Council on 26^th Feb. 1948. Interim government was formed under the leasdership of Shiva Nand Ramaul and Padam Dev from Bushahar. Sada Ram chandel form Bilaspur, Mukund Lal from Suket were elected its members.

Name of Himachal Pradesh:  A Conference of the delegates of Praja Mandals and Rajas of  Hill Stgates was held on 26^th , 27^th and 28^th January 1948 under the Chairmanship of rans Durga singh of Baghar at Solan. The name of Himachal Pradesh was proposed in this conference.

Merger of Hill States with Indian Union:  Theog was the first state to handover its sovereignty to the indian union. Following this, serveral other Hill States agreed to merge their states with the indian Union.

Suket Satyagarh:- Raja of Suket, refused to merge his state with the indian Union. Laxman Singh was the ruler of Suket at that time. Satyagrah was launched under the leadership of Pt.  Padam Dev demanding merger of Suket . At last Suket was merged with the Indian Union.

Origin of Himachal;  After the merger of more than thirty Hill States. Himachal Pradesh came into being on 15^th April 1948.

Constitutional History of Himachal Pradesh since 1948

Chief Commissioner State; There were only four districts on 15^th April 1948. Himachal Pradesh was declared chief Commissioner States and E. Pedral Moon I.C.S. was appointed the first chief commissioner of this State.

Part ‘C’ State:- Indian Constitution came into being on 26^th Jan. 1950 and Himachal Pradesh became part ‘C’ state Under chief commissioner in September 1951.

Appointment of sh. Bhagwan Sahai : In 1951 Sh. Bhagwan Sahai was oppointed chief commissioner of Himachal Pradesh in Place of E. Pedral Moon.

Constitution of State Assembly: In November 1951 elections were held for State vidhan Sabha and Dr. Y.S. Parmar became the first chief Minister of this State . Major general himmat singh was oppointed the first Lt. Governor of Himachal Pradesh in March 1952.

State Re-Organisation Commission : State re-organisation  Commissoion was constituted on 29^th December 1953 under the Chairmanship of Justice Faxl Ali Along with two members K.M. Panikar and H.N. Kunzru.

The Commission submitted its report on 30^th September 1955. Excluding Justice Fazl Ali, the other two members were in favour of merger of Himachal Pradesh with Punjab . Dr. Y.S Parmar govt. Strongly opposed this recommendation.

Union territory: Dr. Y.S Parmar’s  Govt  resigned on 31^st October 1956 and Himachal Pradesh became Union territory on 1^st   November 1956 and remained Union territory till 24^th January 1971.

Establishment of Territorial Council :  Sh. Bajrang Bahadur became th first Lt. governor of himachal as Inion territory. In May- June 1957 elections were held for territorial council and Thakur Karam Singh was elected Chairman

Re-organisation of Vidhan Sabha : According to Union territory Act 1963 of Indian Parliament. The regional  Councils of union territories were converted into vidhan Sabha, or State Assemblies. Following this Act, territorial council of himachal Pradesh was also converted into vidhan Sabha.

Statehood: Himchal Pradesh obtained statehood on 25^th January 1971 and became 18^th state of  Indian Union  Sh. S. Chakravarti  was appointed the first governor of Himachal Pradesh.