"Greetings and best wishes to the people of Uttarakhand on foundation day. May the state continue to prosper and develop in the years to come," the President tweeted.

Greetings and best wishes to the people of Uttarakhand on foundation day. May the state continue to prosper and develop in the years to come #PresidentKovind

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) November 9, 2018

Greeting the people of Devbhumi (God's land), Modi tweeted in Hindi: "The confluence of nature, progress and rich culture will continue to establish new records on the path of development."

देवभूमि उत्तराखंड के स्थापना दिवस की राज्य के लोगों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। प्रकृति, प्रगति और समृद्ध संस्कृति की अनमोल संगम-स्थली यह प्रदेश विकास के पथ पर निरंतर नए कीर्तिमान स्थापित करे।

Greetings to the people of Uttarakhand on their Statehood Day.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 9, 2018

After a long-drawn agitation, Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh as the 27th state under the Bharatiya Janata Party government on this day in 2000.