Draft Annual Plan 1990-91 Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Himachal Pradesh came into being by merger of thirty and odd princely hill states on 15th April, 1948. It underwent a series of metamorphic changes, both political and administrative, till it became the eighteenth state of Indian Union on 25th January, 1971. Subsequently, re-organisation of districts in 1972 gave Himachal pradesh the shape as it exists today. Himachal Pradesh has an area of 55,675 square kilometres and a population of 42.81 lakh according to 1981 Census.