Q. In Which year George Everest made astronomical readings and sightings of the Himalaya mountains from Churdhar peak
1834
Description: George Everest made many astronomical readings and sightings of the Himalaya mountains from Churdhar peak around 1834. George Everest was the Surveyor General of India and did the initial survey of the full length of India as well as some very accurate measurements of the earth’s curvature.
Q. In Which year Chamba Massacre took place?
3 August 1998
Description: The 1998 Chamba Massacre was happened in 1998, in which thirty-five Hindus was gunned down by Islamic terrorists in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
The Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11. Chamba district share border with Doda in Jammu.
The massacre took place in two separate incidents at Kalaban and Satrundi. Twenty-six people were killed and eight injured in the Kalaban area under Police Station Tissa of Chamba District. In another incident five people were killed and three injured in village Satrindi, District Chamba.
Police came to know of the incident only in the morning. The police personnel at the Mansa outpost were unaware of the incident although the terrorists fired several rounds at the victims. The authorities were initially aware of only the killings at Kalaban. It was late in the afternoon that reports of the terrorist strike at Satrundi were received. This was the first such incident in Himachal Pradesh.
Q. When did Himachal Pradesh was constituted?
15th April, 1948
Q. In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the famous Baijnath Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located?
Answer: Kangra.
Q. In Which year State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament?
18 December 1970
Description: On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament, and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971. Himachal became the 18th state of the Indian Union with Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar as its first chief minister.