Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh

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The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was a former administrative unit in northern India that existed in the early post-independence period before Himachal Pradesh became a full-fledged state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Commissioner's Province
former administrative division
administrativeStatus Chief Commissioner's Province
capital Shimla
constitutionalCategoryAfter1950 Part C State
country India
createdBy Government of India
integration of princely states in the western Himalayas
dissolvedBy coming into force of the Constitution of India
dissolvedOn 26 January 1950
establishedOn 15 April 1948
existedInPeriod post-independence India
governingOfficialTitle Chief Commissioner
governmentType centrally administered province
historicalRegion western Himalayas
historicalSignificance precursor to the modern state of Himachal Pradesh
includedRegion Punjab Hill States
Shimla Hills
languageUsed English
Hindi
legalBasis Himachal Pradesh (Administration) Order, 1948
locatedIn northern India
mergedInto Part C State of Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Himachal Pradesh
partOf Dominion of India
Union of India
predecessor Punjab Hill States Agency
Simla Hill States
various princely states of the Punjab Hill States
succeededBy Part C State of Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Himachal Pradesh

State of Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Himachal Pradesh
timePeriod 1948–1950
todayPartOf Himachal Pradesh
Republic of India
linked to: India

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Himachal Pradesh precededBy Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh
Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh administrativeStatus Chief Commissioner's Province
linked to: Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh
Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh legalBasis Himachal Pradesh (Administration) Order, 1948
linked to: Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh
Punjab Hill States Agency successor Chief Commissioner’s Province of Himachal Pradesh
linked to: Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh