GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma, a renowned Sanskrit scholar coined the name Himachal, which is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Hima’ meaning ‘Snow’ and ‘Anchal’ meaning ‘Lap’. Hence, the literal meaning of the state’s name is ‘in the lap of snow’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word Himachal is derived from two Sanskrit words, ‘HIMA’ (snow) and ‘ACHALA’ (mountain), meaning ‘snowy-mountains’ or “snowy-range".

Detailed explanation-3: -Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956. On 18 December 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971. Thus Himachal emerged as the eighteenth state of the Indian Union.