The Himachal Pradesh Police is the
law enforcement agency
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Jurisdiction
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for the state of
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
in India. It has one state headquarters at Shimla and 12 district headquarters in the state.
History
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
as political entity came into existence on 15th April, 1948. It was constituted by integrating the princely States of
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,
Mandi
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,
Suket,
Sirmaur and 26 smaller states known as the Punjab Hill States. Subsequently, in 1954
Bilaspur, which was then a part "C" State, was also merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1960 District
Kinnaur
Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative he ...
was carved out of District Mahsu which was earlier constituted by merging 27 hill states. After the re-organization of Punjab in 1966, Shimla, Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti Districts,
Una
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Tehsil of
Hoshiarpur
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District and
Nalagarh
Nalagarh is a city and a municipal committee, near the city of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Geography
Nalagarh is a gateway to Himachal Pradesh in North India, from Shimla, from Delhi and from Chandig ...
Tehsil of
Ambala
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District were also merged with the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh. In 1972 Districts of
Kangra and Mahasu were reorganized. District Kangra was trifurcated and Una and Hamirpur Tehsils were made into separate Districts. Some areas of Mahasu District were merged with
Shimla
Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...
District while the others formed the new District of Solan. In 1948, states like
Mandi
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,
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,
Sirmaur,
Suket and
Bilaspur had their regular Police forces. Other smaller states had a common Police Force. The Rulers of
Punjab Hill States
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, with the exception of Sirmaur and Bilaspur, realized the advantage of establishing a common system of Policing in their States. The system was adopted as an experiment for three years from 1st April, 1943. This was, in the true sense, the beginning of Himachal Pradesh Police. For proper administration of the scheme, an Executive Committee, consisting of 5 members was constituted. Four members of this committee were elected by the Rulers from amongst themselves. The 5th member was nominated by the Political Agent of the Punjab Hill States to represent such states which may be under his direct administration due to minority of the Rulers or for other reasons. The Committee elected one of them as it's chairman. In order to ensure proper administration of Police work, an officer of the status of Supdt. of Police in British India was appointed. He had the authority to exercise general supervision over the Police Cadre in these States. In 1948, after the constitution of the Union Territory, efforts were made to stream line the Police force in the State to bring it at par with other forces of the India Union. The Police force drawn from different States having varying backgrounds and traditions were amalgamated to form the H.P. Police.
Organizational structure
Himachal Pradesh Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs,
Government of Himachal Pradesh
The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by th ...
.
The Himachal Pradesh Police is headed by
Director General of Police
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(DGP). The Training college of Himachal Pradesh Police is situated at Daroh (Palampur).
Ranks of law enforcement in India
The ranks, posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a
state matter. But, generally the following pattern is observed:
;Gazetted Officers
;Non-gazetted officers
Services
Himachal police have another online services like Online Traffic Challan, FIR, Complaints Registering services on their Official website.
Notes
References
Government of Himachal Pradesh
State law enforcement agencies of India
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