Uttarakhand Foundation Day 2021: The date of November 9 is recorded in history as the foundation day of Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand was finally included in the Republic of India as the twenty-seventh state on November 9, 2000, after several years of agitation for the demand for a separate Uttarakhand. From the year 2000 to 2006, it was called as Uttaranchal, but in January 2007 its official name was changed to Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand is bordered by Tibet in the north and Nepal in the east.
Uttarakhand, which is a part of Uttar Pradesh, is bordered by Tibet in the north and Nepal in the east. Himachal Pradesh in the west and Uttar Pradesh in the south are the states bordering it. In Hindi and Sanskrit, Uttarakhand means northern region or part. Uttarakhand is also known as Dev Bhoomi because along with many ancient religious places, this state is the origin of the country’s largest rivers Ganga and Yamuna, considered the most sacred in Hinduism.
The state of Uttarakhand has very rich natural resources
The state of Uttarakhand has very rich natural resources which include glaciers, rivers, dense forests and snow-capped mountain peaks. It also houses the four most sacred and revered Hindu temples also known as the Char Dham of Uttarakhand. Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamanotri. The capital of the state is Dehradun.
Uttaranchal was renamed as Uttarakhand on January 1, 2007.
The name Uttarakhand is derived from the Sanskrit dialect which literally means ‘Northern City’. It was formed by the then government of Uttar Pradesh after a long struggle by the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, which focused on the challenges faced by the people in the hilly areas and demanded a separate state.
The struggle for seperate state took many years before Uttarakhand was formed as Uttaranchal on 9 November 2000. Later, on January 1, 2007, its name was changed to Uttarakhand. The state is an amalgamation of culture, ethnicity and religion and is one of the most visited tourist destinations in India. The border states of Uttarakhand include Tibet, Nepal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
When the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal was formed, with the aim of achieving statehood, a massive movement for statehood hit the region in the 90s. This went on for years. Later, the state of Uttarakhand was formed initially as Uttaranchal.
The then President K. R. Narayanan approved the bill on August 28, 2000, which later turned into an Act. Finally, on January 1, 2007, Uttaranchal was officially renamed as Uttarakhand.