Preity G Zinta is an Indian actress and
entrepreneur primarily known for her work in
Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in
English honours and criminal psychology, Zinta
made her acting debut in Dil Se.. in 1998,
followed by a role in Soldier in the same year.
Major Somnath Sharma, PVC, was an officer of the Indian
Army, and the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra,
India's highest military decoration, which he was awarded
posthumously. Sharma was commissioned into the 8th
Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor, director and
producer who works primarily in Hindi
language films. Considered one of the finest
actors in Indian cinema, he has played a variety
of characters including numerous critically
acclaimed leading or parallel roles
Dalip Singh Rana is a retired Indian
professional wrestler and wrestling promoter
better known by his ring name The Great Khali.
He is best known for his tenure in WWE where
he became the first Indian-born World
Heavyweight Champion in history.
Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama, known to the Tibetan people as
Gyalwa Rinpoche, is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the
highest spiritual leader and head of Tibet. The hill station
of Dharamsala (or Dharamshala), is today the home of His
Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan
Government-in-Exile
Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an
Indian playback singer, known for his work
in Hindi films.
Chauhan
has
received
two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback
Singer and three Zee Cine Award For Best
Male Playback Singer awards
Charanjit Singh (3 February 1931[a] – 27 January 2022)
was an Indian field hockey player who was the captain of
the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer
Olympics in Tokyo. He was also a member of the team
that won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer
Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Kinkri Devi was an Indian activist and environmentalist,
best known for waging a war on illegal mining and
quarrying in her native state of Himachal Pradesh. She
never knew how to read or write and learned how to sign
her name a few years before her death`
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author. His first
novel, The Room on the Roof, was published in
1956, and it received the John Llewellyn Rhys
Prize in 1957. Bond has authored more than
500 short stories, essays, and novels which
includes 69 books for children
Subedar Major Sanjay Kumar PVC (born 3 March
1976[3]) is a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian
Army, and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's
highest military award.
Kangna Amardeep Ranaut is an Indian actress
and filmmaker who works primarily in Hindi
films. She is the recipient of several awards,
including four National Film Awards. In 2020,
the Government of India honored her with
the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest
civilian award
Vijay Kumar Abrol
Vijay Kumar Abrol, (born on 20 December 1950),
better known by his pen name Zahid Abrol, is a
well-versed Indian Urdu poet. He has done 'the
first-ever Urdu translation' of the 12th century
Sufi-poet Baba Farid's shlokas and shabads and
that too in verse
Duni Chand Chambial (born 29 September 1950),
is a contemporary bilingual poet from Himachal
Pradesh and a critic who, as an editor in chief,
has been editing Poetcrit, a reviewed
international journal for more than three decades.
Chambial appeared as an Indian English poet by
publishing his first volume, Broken Images, in
1983. He rooted himself as a poet in Indian
English Poetry with the continuous publication of
his several other English poetry collections and one
in Hindi. His poems have been translated into
many languages
Gautam Chand Sharma
Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' (born on 15
August 1938), also known as Gautam Sharma
Vyathit or simply Gautam Vyathit, is a folklorist,
playwright, and poet from Himachal Pradesh,
India. He is noted for his literary works
in Dogri and Hindi, as well as for his various
efforts to preserve and nurture the endangered
folk arts of Himachal Pradesh, especially those of
the Kangra region. Vyathit was the joint recipient
of the 2007 Sahitya Akademi Award (Bhasha
Samman) for his contributions to Himachali
languages and literature.
Baba Kanshi Ram (11 July 1882 – 15 October
1943) was an Indian poet and activist for
independence born in what is now the Indian state
of Himachal Pradesh.
Bhupendra Nath Kaushik
Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (7 July 1924 – 27
October 2007) was a Hindi and Urdu language
poet, writer and satirist.
He was born in Nahan, Himachal Pradesh. After
study, he settled in Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh and completed an M.A. in English. After
pursuing writing along with his service for some
time, he became well known as an Urdu story
writer. But when he was settled in Jabalpur, he
did write poetry in Hindi.
He won the "Sahitya Maneeshi alankaran" in 2005
for his satire, "Koltar Mai Aks"
P C K Prem
P C K Prem (P C Katoch) is an Indian poet,
novelist, short story writer, editor and critic,
writing in English and Hindi. He is a former
academician, civil servant, and member of
the Himachal Public Service Commission, Shimla.
R. Harnot
R. Harnot (born 22 January 1955) is a creative
writer from Himachal Pradesh, India. He is noted
for his numerous poems, short stories, and novels
in Hindi and Pahadi. He has received multiple
awards on the state, national, and international
levels.. Harnot writes mostly about societal issues
such as socio-cultural change,
casteism, environmental degradation, corporate
greed, and official corruption in the everyday life
of contemporary rural western Himalayas.
Nirmal Verma
Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005)
was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and
translator. He is credited as being one of the
pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary
movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first
collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered
its first signature.
In his career spanning five decades and various
forms of literature, writing story, travelogues and
essays, he penned five novels, eight short-story
collections and nine books of non-fiction, including
essays and travelogues.