Punjab - Wikipedia
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b,-ˈ dʒ æ b, ˈ p ʊ n-/; Punjabi: [pə̞ɲˈdʒäːb] ⓘ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), [b] also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia.
Punjab, India - Wikipedia
Punjab is in northwestern India and has a total area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 sq mi). Punjab is bordered by Pakistan's Punjab province on the west, Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Himachal Pradesh on the northeast and Haryana and Rajasthan on the south. [9]
Punjab, India | History, Map, Culture, Religion, & Facts ...
3 days ago · Punjab, state of India, located in the northwestern part of the subcontinent. It is bounded by Jammu and Kashmir union territory to the north, Himachal Pradesh state to the northeast, Haryana state to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan state to the southwest and by the country of Pakistan to the west.
Punjab - Mughal, Sikh, British | Britannica
5 days ago · Punjab - Mughal, Sikh, British: The foundations of the present Punjab were laid by Banda Singh Bahadur, a hermit who became a military leader and, with his fighting band of Sikhs, temporarily liberated the eastern part of the province from Mughal rule in 1709–10.
Punjab, India - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / , Punjabi: [pənˈdʒaːb]) is a state in the northern Republic of India. About 30 million people live there. Its national capital city is Chandigarh. The state is in the Punjab region. It covers an area of 19,445 mi² or 50,362 km². …
Punjabis - Wikipedia
The term "Punjab" came into currency during the reign of Akbar in the late sixteenth century. [43] [33] [34] Though the name Punjab is of Persian origin, its two parts (پنج, panj, 'five' and آب, āb, 'water') are cognates of the Sanskrit words, पञ्च, pañca, 'five' …
Know Punjab – Government of Punjab, India
There are 23 Districts and total of 168 statutory towns and 69 census towns in Punjab. Thus there are total 237 towns (or say cities) in Punjab. Major cities of Punjab include Mohali, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar.