5. OVER 10% AREA OF THE STATE UNDER
CULTIVATION ,OF WHICH 75% IS RAINFED ,FACING
FREQUENT WATER SCARCITY . THE SOILS ARE ACIDIC
AND LOW IN FERTILITY . THE MAJOR CROPPING
SYSTEMS ARE MAIZE-WHEAT ,RICE-WHEAT AND
MAIZE-POTATO-WHEAT.
6. ACCORDING TO THE MAHABHARATA THE TRACT WHICH
FORMS THE PRESENT DAY HIMACHAL PRADESH , WAS
MADE UP OF NUMBER OF SMALL REPUBLICS KNOWN AS
JANAPADAS EACH OF WHICH CONSTITUTED BOTH A
STATE AND A CULTURAL UNIT.
7. AT CURRENT PRICES , THE GROSS STATE
DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GSDP) OF HIMACHAL
PRADESH IS ESTIMATED TO REACH Rs 1.82
TRILLION IN 2020-21 . THE STATES PERCAPITA
GSDP WILL INCREASE AT A COMPOUND ANNUAL
GROWTH RATE (CAGR) OF 9.76% BETWEEN 2015-16
AND 2020-21 . THE TERITIARY SECTOR WITNESSED
THE FASTEST GROWTH AT A CAGR OF 12.02%
BETWEEN 2011-12 AND 2019-20.
8. HIMACHAL PRADESH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS
HIMALAYAN LANDSCAPES AND POPULAR HILL
STATIONS . MANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS ROCK CLIMBING , MOUNTAIN BIKING
PARAGLIDING ETC .
9. COSTUME
RAJPUT MEN WEAR A LONG KURTA
OVER CHUDIDAR PYJAMAS THAT
HOLD THE ANKLES TIGHT . THEY
COVER THEIR HEADS WITH A
TURBAN . BHARAMINS MEN WEAR
LONG KURTA OVER A DHOTI .
RAJPUT WOMEN WEAR LONG
DRESSES FROM THEIR NECK TO
THEIR FEET . BHARAMIN WOMEN
WEAR GHAGRA AND CHOLIS . TRIBAL
WOMEN WEAR BRIGHT AND SHINY
DRESSES AND ORNAMENTS . THE
TRIBAL MEN WEAR CHOLA FOR THE
UPPER PART OF THE BODY OVER A
SULTAN.
10. DANCE
HIMACHAL PRADESH HAS A VIBRANT CULTURE ,
AND DANCES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE LIVES
OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS REGION . NO FESTIVITY
HERE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT DANCING . SOME
OF THE DANCE FORMS ARE DHULSHOL ,
DHARVESHI , DRODI , DEV NRITYA , RAKSHASH
NRITYA , LAHADI , NATI , DANGI , LASA AND
NAGAS .
11.
12. THE CUSTOMS OF THE HILL PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFRENCES WITH THE PLAIN PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY FOLLOW THEIR RIGHTS AND RITUALS
SINCE CENTURIES AND ALSO KEENLY PRESERVE
THEM . FOR EXAMPLE , REVERSE DOWRY
SYSTEM KNOWN AS DHARI IS PRACTICED IN
SOME PART OF SIRMUR AND SHIMLA .
AMOUNG SOME AGRICULTURE CASTES OF
HIMACHAL PRADESH, ATTA -SATTA KA NATA
CUSTOME IS PREVALED IN WHICH A CHAIN
OF RELATIONS IS DEVELOPED BY
EXCHANGING THE BRIDES AND GROOMS IN
MARRIAGES AMONG INDULGED FAMILIES .
13. THE PEOPLE OF HIMACHAL ARE VERY SENSITIVE
AND HARDWORKING . MOST OF THE FARMERS
OF HIMACHAL PRADESH WORK IN THE FIELD
DAILY TO EARN MONEY FOR THE BRIGHT FUTURE
OF THE CHILDREN . THE PEOPLE OF KINNAUR IN
HIMACHAL PRADESH ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL IN
THEIR LOOKS AND WEARS TRADITIONAL
ORNAMENTS . MANALI AND SHIMLA ARE THE
PERFECT PLACE TO VISIT IN WINTER SEASON .
14. NOTABLE PERSONALITIES
CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA- ARMY OFFICER
PRIETY ZINTA- MOVIE
MAJOR SOMNATH SHARMA- SOLDIER
ANUPAM KHER- ACTOR
SARDAR SHOBHA SINGH- ARTIST
THE GREAT KHALI- WRESTLER
TENZIN GYATSO- NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR PEACE
MOHIT CHAUHAN- SINGER
NAME AND THEIR PROFESSION
