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Manali is a resort town, near Kullu town in Kullu district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. [2] It is situated in the northern end of the Kullu Valley , formed by the Beas River . The town is located in the Kullu district , approximately 270 kilometres (170 mi) north of the state capital of Shimla and 544 kilometres (338 mi) northeast ...
Electorally, at the State level, Kullu contains four of the 68 assembly constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, namely Manali, Kullu, Banjar, and Anni. At the Central level, Kullu is a part of the Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency , one of the four such constituencies that represent the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Lok Sabha .
The hill stations were meant to reproduce the home country, illustrated in Lord Lytton's statement about Ootacamund, in the 1870s, "such beautiful English rain, such delicious English mud." [6] Shimla was officially made the "summer capital of India" in the 1860s and hill stations "served as vital centers of political and military power ...
[2] Shimla, the state capital, is popular among tourists. The Kalka-Shimla Railway is a mountain railway which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3] Shimla is also a famous skiing attraction in India. Other popular hill stations include Manali, Kinnuar, Kasol, Parvati Valley, Chamba, Kullu, Kinnar Kailesh, and Kasauli.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. [2] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The Assembly building is located in Annadale in the state's summer capital of Shimla.
Kullu is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the airport at Bhuntar, Kullu.
Expenditure on energy sector was 24.2% of the total in the Tenth Plan. [54] The Mall Road is the central business district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh's capital city. The total GDP for 2005–06 was estimated at ₹ 254 billion as against ₹ 230 billion in the year 2004–05, showing an increase of 10.5%. [55]
The nearest airport is Bhuntar Airport in Kullu (IATA code KUU) located in Bhuntar town at a distance of 40.2 km (25 mi) from Naggar. The airport is situated on NH21 at a distance of 10 km (6 mi) south of Kullu and about 50 km (31 mi) south of Manali. Also known as Kullu-Manali airport, Bhuntar Airport has more than one kilometre long runway.