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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.
The folk music of Uttarakhand refers to the traditional and contemporary songs of Kumaon and Garhwal regions in the foothills of Himalayas. This music has it's root in nature and the hilly terrain of the region.
Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in northern India. The state is divided into two divisions, Garhwal and Kumaon, with a total of 13 districts. The winter capital and largest city of the state is Dehradun, which is also a railhead. On 5 March 2020, Bhararisain, a town in the Gairsain Tehsil of the Chamoli district, was declared as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The High Court of the state is located in Nainital, but is to be moved to Haldwani in future.
Kumaoni is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over two million people of the Kumaon region of the state of Uttarakhand in northern India and parts of Doti region in Western Nepal. As per 1961 survey there were 1,030,254 Kumaoni speakers in India. The number of speakers increased to 2.2 million in 2011.
Garhwali is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari subgroup. It is primarily spoken by over 2.5 million Garhwali people in the Garhwal region of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas.
Tiwari, from Sanskrit 'tripāṭhin', is a Hindu surname found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU) (formerly known as Garhwal University) is a Central University, established in 1973, located in Srinagar in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand in Northern India. The university is named after Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The university is residential cum affiliating with jurisdiction over Garhwal region. It is on the banks of the river Alaknanda in the mid-Himalayas. University intake is through examination including Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE Main) for School of Engineering & Technology, CAT and MAT. The university is A Graded with CGPA of 3.11 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The Garhwali people are an Indian ethnolinguistic group native to the Garhwal, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, who speak Garhwali, an Indo-Aryan language.
Elections for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Uttarakhand state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The legislative assembly of Uttarakhand creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Bista is a family name of people of North Indian Hills and Nepal belonging to Khas people group under the caste Chhetri, sub-groups of the Bahun caste. They are Hindu with a local Masto deity.
Hira Singh Bisht is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand and a three term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Bisht represents the Doiwala. Bisht is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has served as the Cabinet minister in the Cabinet of former Chief Minister Shri N. D. Tiwari. With portfolios of transport ,Labour, technical education
Chander Singh Rahi was a prominent folk singer, balladeer, musician, poet, storyteller, and cultural conservator from Uttarakhand, India.
Uttarakhand Devabhumi Matribhumi is the official state song of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Surendra Singh Negi is an Uttarakhand politician. He is a former MLA of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Kotdwar. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He was a minister in the Cabinets of N. D. Tiwari, Vijay Bahuguna and Harish Rawat. In 2012 Assembly election, he defeated B. C. Khanduri by 4,623 votes. He has close political relations with powerful politicians Shri Chandra Mohan Singh Negi and Girdhari Lal Amoli.
Shiv Prasad Dabral is known as the 'Encyclopaedia of Uttarakhand'. The noted historian Shiv Prasad Dabral was born on 12th November 1912 in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. He is the author of the monumental history of Uttarakhand in 18 volumes, 2 collections of poetry, 9 plays, and several edited volumes in Hindi and Garhwali. His Uttarakhand ka Itihaas (History of Uttarakhand) is widely used by scholars as reference work.