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Province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital
State in northern India which has Chandigarh as its capital
{i} former region in northwestern British India; region which spans northwestern India and northeastern Pakistan; state in northwestern India; province in northeastern Pakistan
a large area in eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The Punjab was a single province in the period of British rule, but it is now two states: one in Pakistan, which contains the city of Lahore, and one in India, which contains the city of Amritsar, a holy place for followers of the Sikh religion. Many of the people who live in the Indian Punjab are Sikhs, and some of them would like to become independent from India. State (pop., 2001 prelim.: 24,289,296), northwestern India. Bordered by Pakistan and the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan, it occupies an area of 19,445 sq mi (50,362 sq km). The city of Chandigarh is the joint administrative capital of Punjab and Haryana. In the 18th century the Sikhs (see Sikhism) built a powerful kingdom in the Punjab, which came under British rule in 1849. In 1947 the area was split between the new nations of India and Pakistan, the smaller eastern portion going to India. It is the only Indian state with a majority of Sikhs. Hindus make up about one-third of the population, and there are smaller minorities of Christians, Jains, and Muslims. The economy is based on agriculture and small-and medium-scale industry
a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan

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Baron Lawrence of the Punjab and of Grately
later Baron Lawrence (of the Punjab and of Grately) born March 4, 1811, Richmond, Yorkshire, Eng. died June 27, 1879, London British viceroy and governor-general of India (1864-69). He worked in Delhi as an assistant judge, magistrate, and tax collector. After the First Sikh War (1845-46) he was made commissioner of the newly annexed district of Jullundur, where he subdued the hill chiefs, established courts and police posts, and curbed female infanticide and suttee. On the Punjab board of administration he abolished internal duties, introduced a uniform currency, and encouraged road and canal construction. As viceroy and governor-general from 1864, he promoted increased educational opportunities for Indians but resisted their appointment to high civil-service posts. He avoided entanglements in the affairs of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan
punjab

    Hyphenation

    Pun·jab

    Turkish pronunciation

    pıncäb

    Pronunciation

    /pənˈʤäb/ /pənˈʤɑːb/

    Etymology

    () tributaries of the Indus River From Persian پنجاب (“Land of the Five Rivers”), from پنج (panj, “five”) and آب (āb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region|Punjab region]]: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej|Sutlej]] and the Beas.
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