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| | Punjab the Historic Region |
 | | The region is now divided into the province of Punjab in Pakistan and the states of Punjab and Haryâna in India. | | | The Pakistani portion of the Punjab region was merged in 1955 into the province of West Pakistan, and in 1970 it was reconstituted as Punjab province. | | | Punjab (historic region), historical region in the northwestern part of the subcontinent of India. |
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| | Punjab, India Online Research :: Information about Punjab, India |
| | Neighbouring regions are the Punjab (Pakistan) region of Pakistan to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, the Union Territory of Chandigarh to the southwest and Rajasthan to the southwest. | | | Punjab is a region of five rivers: the Jhelum River ; the Chenab River ; the Ravi River ; the Beas River and the Sutlej River. | | | Chandigarh was on the border between the two states, and became a separate Union territory which serves as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
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http://www.in-northcarolina.com/search/Punjab_India.html
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| | SIKH DEMANDS |
| | With the capital region going to Punjab the areas which were added to the Union Territory from the Punjabi region of the erstwhile state of Punjab will be transferred to Punjab and those from Hindu region to Haryana. | | | The claims of Punjab and Haryana regarding the shares in their remaining waters will be referred for adjudication to a tribunal to be presided over by a Supreme Court judge. | | | On the other hand, the ambit of dissent had continued to be kidered with the involvement in the talks of the Congress (I) Chief Minister of the states neighbouring the Punjab, the opposition leaders from these states and the leaders of the national opposition. |
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http://www.punjabheritage.com/sikh_demands.htm
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| | Punjab Online: Introduction |
| | Punjab, a region in Northern India and the east side of Pakistan, has a long history and rich cultural heritage. | | | People generally accept that about eight centuries before Christ, the Punjab was the most enlightened and the prosperous region in the world. | | | Right from the invasion of Alexander in 326 B.C., the Punjab bore the brunt of incursions and the aggressive assaults of the hordes from the north. |
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http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/library.library?Action=Intro
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| | Punjab |
| | Punjab [Pers.,=five rivers], historic region in the NW of the Indian subcontinent. | | | Punjab: History - History The region, situated athwart the main approaches to the Indian subcontinent, formed one of... | | | Patiala and East Punjab States Union - Patiala and East Punjab States Union, former union of states, 10,099 sq mi (26,156 sq km), NW... |
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| | Punjab on Encyclopedia.com |
| | PUNJAB [Punjab] [Pers.,=five rivers], historic region in the NW of the Indian subcontinent. | | | Punjab is governed by a chief minister and cabinet responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India. | | | In 1956, however, the state of East Punjab and the union territory of Patiala and East Punjab States Union were merged to form the state of Punjab. |
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| | Art of Legend India: Know India |
| | Sikhs, with 2.6 percent of the population, are predominant in the state of Punjab. | | | Hill stations in the Himalayan region, such as Darjeeling and Simla, record the lowest temperatures, with annual averages of between about 54° and 57°F (12° and 14°C). | | | Joint capital of Punjab and Haryana states; modern planned city designed by Swiss architect Le Corbusier; it is divided into 36 rectangular sections. |
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| | Punjab (Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. | | | The capital and main city of Punjab is Lahore, which has been the historical capital of the region. | | | There is a nationalist movement amongst the Seraikis in the south of Punjab. |
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http://www.leessummit.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Punjab,_Pakistan
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| | Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture. |
| | In a letter of 28 April 1997, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received allegations of torture as summarized in the cases below, the first six of which occurred in the Punjab region. | | | The judgement of acquittal of the three detective officers by the Vienna Regional Criminal Court on 24 April 1996 was therefore said to be final. | | | Renald Brutus, arrested by police agents on 10 June 1996 at Bainet, in the region of Jacmel. |
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| | Punjab, Punjabis, Punjabiyat |
| | The political make-up of the entire greater (undivided) Punjab region is currently as follows: | | | This site is dedicated to my motherland, the Punjab. | | | Punjab as it exists today is divided between two countries and broken into seven poltical units. |
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| | Panjabi Language |
| | Most of the population of Punjab lives in this central region and Majhi is | | | the Punjab province of Pakistan and is not taught at school level nor is it used | | | Dogri - Spoken in parts of Jammu and Kashmir and the Punjab Hill States (Now comprising the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh) |
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| | Punjab (Pakistan) - Enpsychlopedia |
| | The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. | | | The capital and main city of Punjab is Lahore, which has been the historical capital of the region. | | | Neighbouring areas are Sindh to the south, Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan to the west, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Islamabad to the north and Punjab, India and other Indian states to the east. |
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| | Punjab (Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The capital and main city of Punjab is Lahore, which has been the historical capital of the region. | | | This article details the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab. | | | In 1947 the Punjab province of British India was split along religious lines as the western Punjabis voted to join the new state of Pakistan while the easterners joined India. |
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| | Punjab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Punjab region, an area of South Asia shared by India and Pakistan | | | Punjab Hill States, an administrative unit of British India | | | Patiala and East Punjab States Union, a former state of India |
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| | Punjab - Wikipedia |
| | The Punjab is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan, having been divided between these two countries when they gained independence in 1947. | | | The name "Punjab" is derived from the names of five rivers, which are now divided between India and Pakistan. | | | This page was last modified 13:45, 29 November 2001. |
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| | Rajasthan - India travel & tourism information |
| | The state is diagonally divided into the hilly and rugged south eastern region and the barren north western Thar desert which extends across the border into Pakistan. | | | Before Independence in 1947, Rajputana, as it was called, comprised of 18 princely states, two chiefships, the small British-administered province of Ajmer-Merwara, and a few pockets of territory outside the main boundaries. | | | Jodhpur, on the edge of the desert was once the capital of the state of Marwar. |
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| | ALEXANDER THE GREAT FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | Alexander fought an epic battle against Porus, a ruler of a region in the Punjab in the Battle_of_Hydaspes (326_BC). | | | After victory, Alexander made an alliance with Porus and appointed him as satrap of his own kingdom. | | | Many people had fled to a high fortress called Aornos. |
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| | Pakistan. All informations Pakistan. Guide pakistan. |
| | Administrative region : 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh. | | | You can go in every cities in Pakistan. | | | You can go in every cities in Pakistan |
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| | Detailed Country Profile: India |
| | The region of Kashmir is controlled partially by India and partially by Pakistan. | | | The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. | | | A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. |
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| | Punjab the Historic Region |
| | The Pakistani portion of the Punjab region was merged in 1955 into the province of West Pakistan, and in 1970 it was reconstituted as Punjab province. | | | Punjab (historic region), historical region in the northwestern part of the subcontinent of India. | | | An important influence in the history of the Punjab region was the development of the Sikh religion (see Sikhs). |
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| | Punjab, India - Psychology Central |
| | Neighbouring regions are the Punjab region of Pakistan to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, the Union Territory of Chandigarh to the southwest and Rajasthan to the southwest. | | | Punjab is a region of five rivers: the Jhelum; the Chenab; the Ravi; the Beas and the Sutlej. | | | The historical Punjab, is considered one of the most fertile regions on Earth. |
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| | Punjab (India) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Punjab (Punjabi:ਪੰਜਾਬ) is a state in northwest India and forms a part of the larger Punjab region, which also includes the Punjab province of Pakistan and the Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. | | | In 1947, the Punjab was partitioned between newly-independent India and Pakistan along religious lines, with the mostly Sikh and Hindu eastern portion to India and the Muslim western portion of the region going to Pakistan. | | | Punjab's capital is Chandigarh which is administered separately as a Union Territory since it is also the capital of neighbouring Haryana. |
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| | With the capital region going to Punjab the areas which were added to the Union Territory from the Punjabi region of the erstwhile state of Punjab will be transferred to Punjab and those from Hindu region to Haryana. | | | In this New Punjab the centres interference would be restricted to foreign relations, defense, currency and communication and all other subjects would be in the jurisdiction of the Punjab, which would be fully entitled to frame its own laws on these subjects for administration. | | | Haryana, which is a major party to territories and water claims of the Punjab, was not a signatory to the Accord. |
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| | Punjab region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The agricultural output of the Punjab region in Pakistan contributes significantly to Pakistan's GDP. | | | Punjabi is spoken by (approx) 90% of population in Pakistani Punjab and 92.2% in Indian Punjab [1]. | | | A historical region of the northwest Indian sub-continent bounded by the Indus and Yamuna rivers. |
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| | India and Pakistan: Agriculture in Kashmir and Surrounding Regions |
| | In nearby Kashmir, Punjab region's main crops are sugarcane, foodgrains, rice, pulses, and rapeseed. | | | If a conflict erupted, Punjab would be a likely route for troop movement, given the region’s more accessible transportation infrastructure and direct route to the capital cities of Islamabad and Delhi. | | | After partition, both India and Pakistan claimed a portion of the Punjab region. |
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| | South Asia: Punjab |
| | The northwest sections became the state of Punjab, the southeast area became the state of Haryana, and the hilly regions in the northeast went to the state of Himchal Pradesh. | | | It is important to note that even though the Punjab region has been divided for political reasons, people use the historical term "Punjab" to refer to the alluvial plain occupied by both Pakistan and India. | | | The northern boundary of the Punjab is formed by the foothills of the Himalayas (the Pir Panjal range in Pakistan and the Shivalik Hills in India). |
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| | Settlement patterns (from Jammu and Kashmir) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | It is bounded to the northeast by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang and to the east by the Tibet Autonomous Region (both parts of China), to the south by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, to the west by Pakistan, and to the northwest by Afghanistan. | | | In the plains and foothills, colonization movements from the Punjab region over a long period of time have produced numerous agricultural settlements; both the people and their culture are similar to those of adjacent parts of the Punjab and other lowlands to the west. | | | The state is part of the larger region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since the partition of India in 1947. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-46023
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| | Punjab - India travel & tourism information |
| | Punjab, a region in Northern India and the east side of Pakistan, has a long history and rich cultural heritage. | | | People generally accept that about eight centuries before Christ, the Punjab was the most enlightened and the prosperous region in the world. | | | The Vedic and Epic period of the Punjab was socially and culturally very prolific as during this glorious period, the people accelerated in the fields of philosophy and culture. |
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab |
| | Recently, Mr Pervez Ilahi, Chief Minister of the Pakistani Punjab, initiated a move to popularise Gurmukhi Punjabi in the region. | | | He is here in City Beautiful as part of the Pakistani delegation attending the World Punjabi Congress. | | | World Punjabi Conferences may have succeeded in resolving the identity crisis faced by Punjabis across the world, but they have succeeded little in promoting the cause of the Punjabi language. |
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