Sub-Regionalism:

A sub-region refers to a small area within a region. Due to various factors, the people of a sub-region feel that they possess a distinct identity. A movement for the separation of that sub-region from a state or for the redressal of grievances in the sub-region is known as sub-regionalism.

In Himachal Pradesh present day consist of two types of hill areas. Before independence, the first type of areas were ruled by native princes. In these areas the people struggle was influenced by nationalist movement in British India, but its object was never to overthrown or totally eliminate their princely states. Most of these areas were of Old Himachal and popularly known as Simla Hills. The other hill areas which joined Himachal Pradesh in 1966 were under direct British adminstrative control before independence. The people in these areas participated in the struggle for freedom with the specific objective of overthrowing alien British rule. These areas were known as Punjab Hills. Thus in hilly region prior to independence, two types of movements were going on simulaneously i.e. the Prajamandal movement, and the freedom movement.

Upper Himachal and Lower Himachal :

With the reorganization in 1966 new areas added in Himachal which are mainly plain areas called new Himachal or as lower Himachal and the existing area is called old Himachal or upper Himachal. In terms of Geographical conditions the area belong to high hill areas in state is termed as upper Himachal while the lower foot hill areas is termed as lower Himachal. Congress government main leader and former six time chief minister Virbhadra Singh has dominance in Shimla Hill region while BJP has dominace in lower foothills as seen in election results also . As BJP CM candidate belong from lower Himachal and Congress candidates came from lower Himachal .Areas like Shimla, Kullu Sirmaur are much developed as compared to Kinnaur, Lahaul Spiti get less preference due the the reason of electoral gain in some areas. While in lower Himachal Kangra, Hamirpur and Mandi are much developed as compared to Bilaspur, Solan, and Una. With this sub regionalism in state priorties given to some areas and others left are ignored for the sake of regional political gains.

Cap Politics in Himachal Pradesh :

The electorates in Himachal Pradesh wear the loyalities not on their sleeves but on their heads. In other states voters may prefer to maintain silence about their affiliation to a political party during the polls. But in this hill state, they pronounce their loyality and support through their headgear.
If cap is in maroon front the person belong from Bhartiya Janta Party( BJP ) supporter. And if green the person is with congress.
The concepts of green and maroon stem from upper and lower areas of the state. The green symbolises the descendents of upper Himachal while the maroon one represents lower Himachal.
It started with six time congress chief minister Virbhadra Singh who loves to don a green flap headgear almost throughout the year. His supporters to prefer to wear this colour of cap to express political solidarity with him. Likewise BJP leader and two time chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has made the maroon flap his trademark.

Cultural Divide :

There is a large cultural divide in Himachal Pradesh on the basis of language, religion, folk songs, dances etc. In high hill areas language is of Tibbetan origin which is spoken by local folks while in plain or lower areas Pahari and Hindi is spoken by peoples.
In some areas of Upper Himachal Peoples mainly in kinnaur high hills, Lahaul spiti follow Bodh religion due to contouring Tibbetan boundaries while in lower Himachal Hinduism , Islam is the main religion.
Dances, dresses, songs can also be compared in these areas. Nati is the favourite dance in high hills while in lower hills which is bit aligned to Punjabi culture Gidda, Bhangra is most prevalent in these areas. Also same is with cuisine Siddu is served in High hills while in lower areas Makki ki roti and sarson ka sag is served in winter mainly which is also famous in Punjab.

All these factors are not much important to peoples, they all live with unity but these cultural disparities are used for political advantages to gain votes, divide people on their political ideology for their party benefits and people get influenced by them and with in region , in one state people seen divided . If this thing keep on feeding people , then some areas which are not much developed can demand separate administration which will cost government in many ways. Likewise in Kangra distt. Palampur, Jogindernagar, Fatehpur, Dehra are not much developed and the Distt. adminstation is in Dharmshala so it took so much time to these areas peoples to complained about the issuses, it very far from these areas so the demand arise for separate distt. adminstartion. So it is important for government to develop these areas equally the way others are .