Himachal Pradesh is a mountainous state in northern India in the western Himalayas, bordered by Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its capital is Shimla, a former summer capital of British India.
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1. Himachal Pradesh (Wikipedia)
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In 1966, hilly areas of the neighbouring Punjab state were merged into Himachal and it was ultimately granted full statehood in 1971.
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