List of people from Himachal Pradesh
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Himachal Pradesh , India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
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[edit] Defence
- Lt. Saurabh Kalia- Indian military personnel
- Captain Vikram Batra- officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra
- Major Som Nath Sharma- Indian military personnel
- Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram- Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross,
[edit] Politics
Former chief ministers
- Y.S.Parmar
- Ram Lal
- Shanta Kumar- former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and a former minister in Government of India
- Prem Kumar Dhumal
[edit] Religion
- Baba Kanshi Ram- Indian poet and independence activist
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama- the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama.
- Rajan Zed : Hindu prayer leader in USA.
[edit] Media and sports
- Anuj Sharma- Indian Idol participants
- Anupam Kher- Indian actor
- Kangana Ranaut- Indian actress
- Preity Zinta- Indian actress
- The Great Khali- Wrestler, WWE champion (August 2007)
[edit] Others
- Ruskin Bond
- Raja Sansar Chand
- Satyananda Stokes
- General Zorawar Singh
- Sada Ram Chandel
- Padam Dev
- Satya Dev
- Purnanand
- Daulat Ram
- Shivanand Ramaul
- Thakur Hazara Singh
- Rajan Zed
- Manohar Gupta
