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Rajendra Prasad   (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian   independence   activist, lawyer, scholar and subsequently, the first   president of India , in office from 1950 to 1962.   He was an Indian political leader & he joined the   Indian National Congress   during the   Indian Independence Movement   and became a major leader from the region of   Bihar   and   Maharashtra . A supporter of   Mahatma Gandhi , Prasad was imprisoned by   British   authorities during the   Salt Satyagraha   of 1931 and the   Quit India movement   of 1942. After the constituent assembly   1946 elections , Prasad served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the   Constituent Assembly of India , which prepared the   Constitution of India   and served as its provisional   Parliament . ...

Indian Institute of advanced studies is located at Shimla on observatory Hill . This building was originally made for Lord Dufferin. Lord Dufferin was Viceroy of India from 1884 - 1888 . During British period this building was called Viceregal Lodge . Many Historical  decisions were made here during Independence Movement in India . The  decision of building India and Pakistan was taken here . In 1945 , a fter India gained independence, the building was renamed as  Rashtrapati Niwas  and was used as a summer retreat for the president of India. However, due to its neglect, Dr. S Radhakrishnan decided to turn it into a centre of higher learning. The summer retreat of the president was shifted from here to a building known as "The Retreat" situated in  Chharabra , on the outskirts of Shimla.  In Indian Institute of Advanced Studies the research of different fields of  Humanities and social sciences take place .  Academics :    ...

 History  : Most of the area occupied by present-day Shimla city was dense forest during the 18th century. The only civilisation was the  Jakhu Temple  and a few scattered houses.  The area was called 'Shimla', named after a  Hindu goddess ,  Shyamala Devi , an incarnation of  Kali . The area of present-day Shimla was invaded and captured by Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal in 1806. The British East India Company took control of the territory as per the Sugauli Treaty after the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16). The Gurkha leaders were quelled by storming the fort of Malaun under the command of David Ochterlony in May 1815. In a diary entry dated 30 August 1817, the Gerard brothers, who surveyed the area, describe Shimla as "a middling-sized village where a fakir is situated to give water to the travellers". In 1819, Lieutenant Ross, the Assistant Political Agent in the Hill States, set u...

  The story of Shershah  Batra was born on 9 September 1974, in a small town in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was the third child of Girdhari Lal Batra, a government school principal, and Kamal Kanta Batra, a school teacher. He was the elder of twin sons, and was born fourteen minutes before his brother, named Vishal. The twins were nicknamed: 'Luv' (Vikram) and 'Kush' (Vishal), after the twin sons of the Hindu deity Rama, by their mother as she was a staunch devotee of Rama. He had two sisters: Seema and Nutan (also called Neetu).  He received his primary education from his mother, who herself was a teacher.  He then attended the D.A.V. Public School in Palampur, where he studied up to  middle standard .   He received his  senior secondary education  at  Central School , Palampur. Besides being brilliant at studies  Batra was a keen sportsman and represented his school at the national level during the Youth Parliamentary ...

    The   Indian Army   is the   land-based branch   and the largest component of the   Indian Armed Forces . The   President of India   is the   Supreme Commander   of the Indian Army,   and its professional head is the   Chief of Army Staff   (COAS), who is a   four-star   general . Two officers have been conferred with the rank of   field marshal , a   five-star rank , which is a ceremonial position of great honour. The Indian Army originated from the armies of the   East India Company , which eventually became the   British Indian Army , and the armies of the princely states, which were merged into the national army after   independence . The units and regiments of the Indian Army have diverse histories and have participated in a number of battles and campaigns around the world, earning many   battle and theatre honours   before and after Independence. The primary mis...

  Baba Kanshi Ram : Pahari Gandhi Baba Kanshi Ram was an Indian Poet and a freedom fighter , he was an great leader from Himachal Pradesh . He lead the people of Himachal to the freedom . Popularly he was know for his pledge of wearing black clothes till Independence of country India . This Pledge was taken by him after the death of Bhagat Singh , Rajguru & Sukhdev .   He died on 15 October 1943 . He was also associated with Indian National Congress .  He was given the title of Bulbul - e - Pahad by Sarojini Naidu .  He got arrested 11 times and written 500 poems against British Raj