The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the people of Uttarakhand on their Statehood Day.
Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Modi tweeted: “Statehood Day greetings to the people of Uttarakhand. This is a state closely associated with nature and spirituality. People from this state are making phenomenal contributions, across many sectors, to nation building. May Uttarakhand keep progressing in the coming years.”
Uttarakhand was formed on the 9 November 2000 as the 27th State of India, when it was carved out of northern Uttar Pradesh. It was earlier known as Uttaranchal, however, in 2007, it was renamed Uttarakhand