PunjabProvince may refer to PunjabProvince Pakistan current province in Pakistan PunjabProvince British India former province of British India See also Punjab disambiguation geodis Category Province name disambiguation pages ... more details
of British Punjab.jpg image map Punjab 1909.jpg image map caption Map of British Punjab 1909 stat area1 stat year1 stat pop1 footnotes Wikisource1911Enc PunjabPunjab was a province of British India ... of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab , which went to Pakistan , and East Punjab , which went to India . It comprised the areas of In present day India Punjab India Punjab ... and East Punjab States Union Delhi Chandigarh Haryana In present day Pakistan Islamabad Capital Territory Punjab Pakistan PunjabProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan until 1901, see North West Frontier Province 1901 1955 Etymology The word Punjab is named from the five rivers by which it is watered ... , all tributaries of the Indus . Geography Geographically the Punjabprovince of India was a triangular ... Britannica Punjab Encyclop dia Britannica article on Punjab ref The province included the important ... separated from Punjab and made into a new province the North West Frontier Province 1901 1955 North West Frontier Province . Administration multiple image footer The Durbar, or assembly of native princes ...About a historical region in British India other uses of the name Punjab disambiguation Infobox Former Subdivision native name conventional long name Punjab common name Punjab nation British India status ..., the base being the lower Himalaya hills between those two rivers but the British province also included ... Kashmir and Tibet . On the west it was separated from the North West Frontier Province 1901 1955 North West Frontier Province by the Indus, until that river reaches the border of Dera Ghazi Khan District ..., the victory of the British allowed them to take over the Punjab. Punjab was annexed on 2 ... Iln1864rightmax.jpg width2 105 alt2 In March 1849, the East India Company annexed Punjab and setup a Board of Administration to govern the province. ref name two This Board was abolished in February ... Western later the United Provinces, to Punjab, Punjab with its dependencies was formed into a Lieutenant ... more details
wiktionarypar PunjabPunjab or Panjab may refer to Geographical regions Punjab region , an area of South Asia stretching from central Pakistan to northwest India Punjab, India , a state, a part of the Punjab which lies in India Punjab, Pakistan , a province, a part of the Punjab which lies in Pakistan Panjab District , in Bamyan province, Afghanistan Panjab, Afghanistan , capital of Panjab District Former countries, states and provinces Sikh Empire also known as Sarkar Khalsa , a former religious monarchy in the region PunjabProvince British India 1849 1947 , a province of British India Punjab States Agency 1930 1947 , an administrative unit of British India Punjab Hill States Agency 1936 1947 , an administrative unit of British India East Punjab , the part of the British PunjabProvince which became part of India after partition East Punjab state 1947 1966 Patiala and East Punjab States Union 1948 1956 , a former state of modern India West Punjab , the part of the British PunjabProvince which became part of Pakistan as a province after partition West PunjabProvince 1947 1955 Bahawalpur princely state Other Punjab International Public High School , a public school in Pakistan Punjab, a character in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, and the related film and musical Annie See also Punjab University disambiguation Punjab Assembly disambiguation Punjabi disambiguation Punjabi language intitle Punjab lookfrom Punjab disambig ar ca Panjab desambiguaci cs Pa d b rozcestn k cy Punjab da Punjab de Punjab Begriffskl rung eo Pan abo eu Punjab ko hr Punjab id Punjab it Punjab he lv Pend ba hu Pandzs b egy rtelm s t lap mr ms Punjab nl Punjab ro Punjab ru simple Punjab sk Pand b sh Punjab sv Punjab ta uk vi Punjab zh ... more details
The title Government of Punjab can refer to Government of Punjab India , The Government of the India Indian State of Punjab India Punjab . Government of Punjab Pakistan , The Government of the Pakistan Pakistani Province of Punjab Pakistan Punjab . disambig ... more details
Punjab Police may refer to Punjab Police India , which operates in the Indian state of PunjabPunjab Police Pakistan , which operates in the Pakistani province of Punjab disambiguation ... more details
wiktionarypar Punjab Governor of Punjab may refer to List of Governors of Punjab British India , of the pre independence Punjabprovince of British India List of Governors of Punjab India , of Punjab state in India Governor of Punjab, Pakistan , of Punjabprovince in Pakistan disambig cs Pa d b rozcestn k cy Punjab da Punjab de Punjab Begriffskl rung eo Pan abo eu Punjab ko ms Punjab nl Punjab ro Punjab dezambiguizare ru simple Punjab sk Pand b sh Punjab zh ... more details
Banga, Punjab may refer to Banga, India in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District, Punjab State Banga, Pakistan in Faisalabad District, PunjabProvince geodis ... more details
About a former state of India other uses of the name Punjab disambiguation East Punjab known simply as Punjab from 1950 was a state of India from 1947 until 1956, consisting of the parts of the Punjab British India PunjabProvince of British India that went to India following the Partition of India partition of the province between India and Pakistan by the Radcliffe Line Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan s West Punjab , later renamed as Punjab, Pakistan PunjabProvince , while the mostly Sikh and Hindu eastern parts went to India. The princely state s of the Punjab region which had not been British possessions, so could not be partitioned ... and East Punjab States Union PEPSU . The Constitution of India , which came into effect in 1950, renamed East Punjab as Punjab . States Reorganisation Act In 1956 , the PEPSU was merged into an expanded Punjab state. Later, with effect from 1 November 1966, there was yet another reorganization, this time on linguistic lines, when the state of Punjab as constituted in 1956 was divided into three the mostly ... Punjabi speaking part became the present day Punjab India Punjab , ref S. Gajrani, History, Religion and Culture of India 2004 , p. 217 ref ref http legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in States Punjabpunjab w.htm Punjab Legislative Assembly ref while a new union territory Chandigarh was also created ... and East Punjab States Union, including Solan district Solan and Nalagarh , were transferred into the state of Himachal Pradesh . Modern usage Since it ceased to be the name of a state, East Punjab has been used in India to refer to the eastern part of the present Punjab state, while in Pakistan it means the eastern part of Pakistan s Punjab Pakistan Punjabprovince , although Pakistanis also sometimes refer to the current Indian Punjab as East Punjab . ref http www.dawn.com 2004 01 31 top9.htm Ties will grow, says Indian Punjab CM DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2004 ref See also Punjab region ... more details
of Punjab West Punjab was a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 160,622 km , including much of the current Punjab Pakistan Punjabprovince and the Islamabad ... . The province was bordered by the Indian states of East Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir to the east ... abolished in 1955, when the province of West Pakistan was created. The last Governor of West Punjab ... 1955 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani 14 October 1955 Province of West Punjab dissolved class wikitable Tenure ... League 21 May 1955 14 October 1955 Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti 14 October 1955 Province of West Punjab ... part of Pakistan s Punjabprovince, ref http www.dawn.com weekly herald herald18.htm The political ...Use British English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date January 2012 About a former province of Pakistan other uses Punjab disambiguation Former administrative units of Pakistan subdivision West Punjab flag map West Punjab Map.gif capital Lahore area 160,662 languages Punjabi language Punjabi and Seraiki ... Bahawalpur . The capital was the city of Lahore and the province was composed of four divisions Lahore ... to the northeast. History The independence of Pakistan in 1947 led to the divisions of the Punjab British India PunjabProvince of British India into two new provinces. The largely Sikh and Hindu East Punjab became part of the new nation of India while the largely Muslim West Punjab became part of the new nation of Pakistan. The name of the province was shortened to Punjab Pakistan Punjab in 1950. West Punjab was merged into the province of West Pakistan in 1955 under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali . When that province was dissolved, the area of the former province of West Punjab was combined with the former state of Bahawalpur to form a new Punjab Pakistan PunjabProvince . Expand section date June 2008 Demographics At independence there was a Muslim majority in West Punjab with significant minorities of Hindus and Sikhs. Nearly all of these minorities ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Punjab Plain is an alluvial plain in Pakistan and the north west of India . The plain includes the Pakistani province of Punjab Pakistan Punjab and Indian states of Punjab India Punjab and Haryana and is around Convert 35000 sqmi km2 in area. The plain is extensively farmed for cereals and cotton . The plain is the western part of the Northern Plain in Pakistan formed by the Indus River and its tributaries. coord missing Haryana Category Plains of India Category Geography of Punjab, India Category Geography of Haryana PunjabIN geo stub Haryana geo stub bn pl Nizina Pend abska ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Serian is a town in the Punjab Pakistan Punjabprovince of Pakistan , it is located at 34 23 60N 72 58 60E. ref http www.fallingrain.com world PK 4 Serian.html Falling Rain Location of Seri n ref References Reflist coord 33 58 N 73 04 E display title region PK type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Punjab, Pakistan PunjabPK geo stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan January 2012 notability January 2012 unreferenced December 2011 Hello Punjab was a BBC Urdu Radio programme broadcasted during World War II for sending recorded voice messages of Punjabi people Punjabi soldiers of Indian Sub continent fighting against Axis powers Axis in different parts of the world under British Rule to their families residing in various parts of PunjabProvince British India Punjab . References Reflist Category World War II media ... more details
between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab, Pakistan Punjabprovince in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab India Punjab , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Chandigarh and some northern parts ... populated province in Pakistan. In India, the Government further sub divided Punjab into the modern ... mainly in the Punjabprovince, making it the most spoken language in Pakistan, and 92.2 in Indian ... of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh , formerly constituents of the British province of Punjab ...About the geographical region in South Asia other uses of the name Punjab disambiguation File Punjab map topographic .png thumb 350px Topographical map of The Punjab, Land of 5 Waters File Punjab 1909.jpg thumb 350px Punjab British India , 1909 File Dialects Of Punjabi.jpg thumb right 350px Dialects of Punjabi The Punjab IPAc en audio Punjab.ogg p n d b or IPAc en p n d b Punjabi language ... Nastaliq , THE WORD PUNJAB COMES FROM PERSIAN, NOT SANSKRIT. DO NOT REMOVE SOURCED INFORMATION THAT THE WORD COMES FROM PERSIAN. DO NOT ADD A CLAIM THAT PUNJAB COMES FROM SANSKRIT WITHOUT ALSO ADDING ... AND INDIAN CULTURE cite book title Federalism, Nationalism and Development India and the Punjab Economy ... Association for Punjab Studies, Coventry University year 1996 ref The name of the region is Persian ... . ref Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., vol.20, Punjab,p.107 ref All are tributaries of the Indus River , the Jhelum River Jhelum being the largest. Punjab has a long history and rich cultural heritage. The people of the Punjab are called Punjabi people Punjabis and their language is called Punjabi language Punjabi . The main religion s of the Punjab region are Islam , Sikhism and Hinduism . The area now known as the Greater Punjab comprises what were once vast territories of West Pakistan and northern western India . The bigger section of the Punjab at about 60 lies within Islamic Republic of Pakistan and 40 within Republic of India where it has been further divided into three states Punjab ... more details
Kull is a town and Union Councils of Pakistan Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab Pakistan Punjabprovince of Pakistan . ref name NRB http www.nrb.gov.pk lg election union.asp?district 14&dn Kasur Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kasur Government of Pakistan ref It is one of the 24 Union Councils of Chunian Tehsil . References Reflist coord missing Pakistan Category Kasur District Kasur geo stub Neighbourhoods of Kasur ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Khairo name settlement type image skyline imagesize 240px image alt image caption image map mapsize 150 px map alt map caption latd 30.18 latm lats latNS longd 70.14 longm longs longEW coordinates type region PK type city coordinates display inline,title pushpin map Pakistan pushpin label position left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map alt pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption coordinates region PK subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Pakistan subdivision type1 Subdivisions of Pakistan Province subdivision name1 Punjab Pakistan Punjab population total population as of 1998 population est pop est as of population footnotes area total km2 elevation m 667 elevation m min elevation m max population density km2 leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 area code area code type List of dialling codes of Pakistan Calling code timezone1 Pakistan Standard Time PST utc offset1 5 website footnotes Khairo is a town in the Punjab Pakistan Punjab province of Pakistan . It is located at 30 18 35N 70 14 15E with an altitude of 667 metres 2191 feet . ref http www.fallingrain.com world PK 4 Khairo.html Location of Khairo Falling Rain Genomics ref References Reflist Category Populated places in Punjab, Pakistan ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Rupal name settlement type image skyline imagesize 240px image alt image caption image map mapsize 100px map alt map caption latd 30.40 latm lats latNS longd 74.09 longm longs longEW coordinates type region PK type city coordinates display pushpin map Pakistan pushpin label position left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map alt pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Pakistan subdivision type1 Subdivisions of Pakistan Province subdivision name1 Punjab Pakistan Punjab population total population as of population est pop est as of population footnotes area total km2 elevation m 174 elevation m min elevation m max population density km2 leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 area code area code type List of dialling codes of Pakistan Calling code timezone1 Pakistan Standard Time PST utc offset1 5 website footnotes Rupal is a village in the Punjab Pakistan Punjab province of Pakistan . It is located at 30 40 0N 74 9 0E with an altitude of 174 metres 574 feet . ref http www.fallingrain.com world PK 4 Rupal.html Location of Rupal Falling Rain Genomics ref References Reflist Coord 30 40 0 N 74 9 0 E display title Category Populated places in Punjab, Pakistan PunjabPK geo stub ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Ratta name settlement type image skyline imagesize 240px image alt image caption image map mapsize 100px map alt map caption latd 32.51 latm lats latNS longd 72.41 longm longs longEW coordinates type region PK type city coordinates display pushpin map Pakistan pushpin label position left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map alt pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Pakistan subdivision type1 Subdivisions of Pakistan Province subdivision name1 Punjab Pakistan Punjab population total population as of population est pop est as of population footnotes area total km2 elevation m 520 elevation m min elevation m max population density km2 leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 area code area code type List of dialling codes of Pakistan Calling code timezone1 Pakistan Standard Time PST utc offset1 5 website footnotes Ratta is a village in the Punjab Pakistan Punjab province of Pakistan . It is located at 32 51 0N 72 41 0E with an altitude of 520 metres 1709 feet . ref http www.fallingrain.com world PK 4 Ratta3.html Location of Ratta Falling Rain Genomics ref References Reflist Coord 32 51 0 N 72 41 0 E display title Category Populated places in Punjab, Pakistan PunjabPK geo stub ... more details
. Classic cities of the Punjab region Peshawar Peshawar Purushapur , North West Frontier Province Capital ... ancient Panjab region. In India, most Punjabi Hindus are concentrated in the states of Punjab, India Punjab and Haryana and the national capital territory of Delhi . There has also been a continuous ... composed in Punjab, India Punjab . The Hindus of Punjab, India Punjab have, naturally, have been there for milleniums ... of Punjab, India Punjab . 13 of the 15 Sikh bhagat s who had their writings included in the SGGS were Hindu http www.sikhiwiki.org index.php Sikh Bhagats . Later the vast majority of Punjab, India Punjab s Hindu s converted to Sikhism found by Guru Nanak Dev , whose family hailed from the Hindu ... modern day cities in Indian Punjab and Pakistan Punjab are still named from that period like Lahore ... though Hindu Jat s work as farmers in the Indian states of Punjab, India Punjab and Haryana ... in Sanskrit language Sanskrit , Arora , Brahmin , Baniya , Rajput , Saini etc. Vedic Punjab Image Map .... Rivers are labelled blue. The Thar desert is marked orange. The original Punjab region is now divided into several units West Punjab now in Pakistan including the Gandhara region, the Indian states of Punjab India Punjab , Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Union territory of Chandigarh . The regions of Azad Kashmir POK and Jammu have also been historically associated with the Punjab. The Punjab is the Sapta Sindhu region mentioned in the Rig Veda , the seven rivers are Saraswati ... , North West Frontier Province Founded by a son of Bharata Ramayana Bharata , brother of Sri Rama , according to the Ramayana Takshashila Taxila , Punjab Pakistan Also founded by a son of Bharata. Multan Mulasthan ,Punjab Pakistan Pilgrimage site of the legendary Sun temple. Rawalpindi , Punjab ... Pratap Singh . Sialkot , Punjab Pakistan city founded by Sul Shalya , emperor of Madradesa and brother of Madri , second wife of emperor Pandu and mother to Nakul and Sahadeva Kasur , Punjab Pakistan ... more details
Punjab Assembly may refer to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Pakistan Punjab Legislative Assembly India Punjab Legislative Assembly British India in British India disambig ... more details
Infobox settlement settlement type Union councils of Pakistan Union council name Devi image skyline Rawalpindi District Sub Div.svg imagesize 300px image alt image caption latd latm lats latNS longd longm longs longEW coordinates type coordinates display subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Pakistan subdivision type1 Subdivisions of Pakistan Province subdivision name1 Punjab subdivision type2 Subdivisions of Pakistan District subdivision name2 Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi subdivision type3 Tehsil subdivision name3 Gujar Khan population total population as of population footnotes leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 website footnotes Devi lang ur is a town and union councils of Pakistan union council , an administrative subdivision, of Gujar Khan Tehsil in the Punjab Pakistan Punjab province of Pakistan . ref http www.nrb.gov.pk lg election union.asp?district 26&dn Rawalpindi Towns & Unions in the City District of Rawalpindi Government of Pakistan ref References Reflist Neighbourhoods of Rawalpindi Rawalpindi geo stub coord missing Pakistan Category Populated places in Rawalpindi District pnb ... more details
Punjab University may refer to In India Punjab Agricultural University , Ludhiana Punjab Technical University , Jalandhar Punjabi University Patiala Panjab University, Chandigarh In Pakistan University of the Punjab , Lahore University of Central Punjab , Lahore schooldis ko ... more details
and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province 1919 note Ibbetson Sir Denzil Ibbetson. Panjab Castes page 312f . Year needed date October 2010 Ethnic groups, tribes and clans of the Punjab Category Punjabi tribes Category Social groups of Punjab, India Category Social groups of Punjab ... ref Ibbetson , the major Twelve Tarkhan clans of the Punjab region Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province are Jhangra found in Delhi and Hissar Dhaman clan Dhaman found in Karnal, Ambala, Jalandahar ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Khosa name settlement type image skyline imagesize 240px image alt image caption image map mapsize 150 px map alt map caption latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E coordinates type region PK type city coordinates display inline,title pushpin map pushpin label position left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map alt pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption coordinates region PK subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Pakistan subdivision type1 Subdivisions of Pakistan Province subdivision name1 Punjab Pakistan Punjab population total population as of 1998 population est pop est as of population footnotes area total km2 elevation m 115 elevation m min elevation m max population density km2 leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 area code area code type List of dialling codes of Pakistan Calling code timezone1 Pakistan Standard Time PST utc offset1 5 website footnotes Khosa is a town of Bahawalpur District in the Punjab Pakistan Punjab province of eastern Pakistan . Neighbouring settlements include Faqirwali and Basti Nari . References Reflist Neighbourhoods of Bahawalpur Category Populated places in Bahawalpur District coord missing Pakistan Bahawalpur geo stub ... more details
as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan Punjab to the west, it is also bounded to the north by Jammu and Kashmir . The state capital is Chandigarh . Major cities of Punjab includes ... of India in 1947, the Punjab British India Punjabprovince of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The East Punjab Indian Punjab was divided in 1966 with the formation of the new ... Anglo Sikh War in 1849 into separate princely states and the British Punjab British India province ... Province, before 1947 In 1947 the PunjabProvince British India PunjabProvince of British India ... by the Indian constitution the Indian part of the former British province of Punjab became the state ... states in the hills. Formation of current Punjab The capital city of the undivided Province of Punjab ...Infobox state See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Punjab native name type States of India State nickname Land of five Rivers image skyline India Punjab locator map.svg image alt image caption Map of Punjab image seal Seal of Punjab.gif seal alt image map Punjab locator map.svg map alt map caption Location of Punjab in India image map1 Punjab Montage India.PNG ... of Punjab India Governor leader name Shivraj Patil ref http www.hindustantimes.com Narayanan appointed as West Bengal Governor Patil gets Punjab H1 Article1 498140.aspx Narayanan appointed as WB Governor, Patil gets Punjab , Hindustan Times, January 16, 2010 ref leader title1 List of Chief Ministers of Punjab India Chief Minister leader name1 Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal SAD leader title2 Punjab Legislative Assembly Legislature leader name2 Unicameral 117 seats leader title3 14th ... leader name4 Punjab and Haryana High Court unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total ... http www.punjabgovt.nic.in punjabgovt.nic.in footnotes Punjab IPAc en icon audio Punjab.ogg p ... of India , forming part of the larger Punjab region . The state is bordered by the Indian ... more details
About the Pakistani province of Punjab other uses of the name Punjab disambiguation Infobox settlement name Punjab official name If different from name native name small small native name lang ur ... of Pakistan Province image skyline Punjab Pakistan montage.png image alt image caption Counter clockwise ... 8 February 2012 ref Forming most of the Punjab region , the province is bordered by Kashmir ..., India Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the south, the province ... ref British Main PunjabProvince British India Maharaja Ranjit Singh s death in the summer of 1839 ... . Independence and partition In 1947 the Punjabprovince of British Raj British India was divided ... for Punjab in 1955. It was merged into a single province West Pakistan . In 1972, after East Pakistan seceded and became Bangladesh , Punjab again became a province. Punjab witnessed major battles between ... right Sunrise in Himalayas , North PunjabPunjab is Pakistan s second largest province at convert 205344 ... lives in the Punjab. It is the nation s only province that touches every other province it also ... P is for Punjab region PUNJAB . The province is a mainly a fertile region along the river valleys .... As per the census of Pakistan 1998, linguistic distribution of the Punjabprovince is Punjabi language ... Economy of Punjab, Pakistan File GDP by Province.jpg 250px thumb right GDP by ProvincePunjab has always ... Despite lack of a coastline, Punjab is the most industrialized province of Pakistan its manufacturing ... flag alt image blank emblem Coat of arms of Punjab.svg nickname image map Punjab in Pakistan.svg map alt map caption Location of Punjab in Pakistan image map1 Punjab Map.PNG map caption1 Map of Punjab, Pakistan latd 31.33 longd 74.21 coor pinpoint coordinates type coordinates display inline ... en 19 title Provincial Assembly Punjab ref blank1 name sec2 Districts of Pakistan Districts blank1 ... sec2 127 government footnotes government type Province governing body Provincial Assembly leader party ... more details
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