Born & brought up in Shimla in a Kashmiri Pandit family, Anupam Kher is a Bollywood actor. He was part of the Oscar-winning movie, Silver Linings Playbook in 2013.
Born in the small town of Rohru in Shimla, Preity Zinta is a Bollywood actress, who has also worked in Telugu, Punjabi, and English movies.
Mohit Chauhan is a leading playback singer, who achieved fame as a pop singer & then rose as a playback singer in Bollywood.
A brave soldier of the Indian Army from the Kumaon regiment, Major Somnath Sharma was the proud recipient of the first Param Veer Chakra ever given in our country.
Charanjit Singh served as the captain of the Indian Hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
A popular children’s author & one of the most defining writers of the present era, Ruskin Bond was born in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh- Kasauli region (then a part of Punjab).
Born in the village of Bakain in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, Sanjay Kumar is an Indian Army soldier, He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his heroic actions during the Kargil war, in 1999.
World-famous wrestler better known by his ring name The Great Khali, this 7 feet 3 inches tall wrestler hails from Dhiraina, Himachal Pradesh.
Born in Taktser, Amdo, in Tibet, as Lhamo Thondup, Tenzin Gyatao is the 14th Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader of Tibet.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Prem Chopra is an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi movies. After the partition, Chopra’s family moved to Shimla.
Born in Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, Shyam Saran Negi is an Indian educator who is the first Indian citizen to have ever voted in the republic of India.
Born in Kangra, Punjab, in British India (now in Himachal Pradesh), Bipin Chandra was an Indian historian, specializing in the economic and political history of modern India.