West Punjab (Punjabi: لہندا پنجاب; Urdu: مغربی پنجاب) was a province in the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. It was established from the western-half...
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Punjab (/pʌnˈdʒɑːb/; Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب, pronounced [pəɳˈdʒɑːb] ; abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country...
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Punjab (/pʌnˈdʒɑːb, -ˈdʒæb, ˈpʊn-/; Punjabi: [pə̞ɲˈdʒäːb] ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical...
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The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. Although the Governor is the head of the province...
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Lahore (redirect from Lahore, West Punjab)
[laːˈɦɔːɾ] ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 26th largest...
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the Partition of India led to the province's division into East Punjab and West Punjab, in the newly independent dominions of the Indian Union and Pakistan...
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The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab, later renamed as Punjab Province, while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern...
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Religion in the Punjab in ancient history was characterized by Hinduism and later conversions to Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism and Christianity; it...
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first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly was formed,...
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Jat Muslim (redirect from List of Jat Clans of West Punjab)
Pakistan. In the British province of Punjab, encompassing more than modern-day West Punjab in Pakistan and East Punjab in India, as per the 1921 census 47...
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The province of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan and the second-largest province by area, is divided into 42 districts and 11 divisions(as...
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themselves subdivided into districts. After independence, The province of West Punjab had four divisions – Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. From 1955...
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currently divided into two parts: East Punjab, in India, and West Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The Punjab has diverse styles of music, ranging...
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The chief minister of Punjab is the head of the government of Punjab. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Punjab is the state's head, but...
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The History of Punjab refers to the past history of Punjab region which is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in the northwest of South Asia...
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first governor of West Punjab was Sir Francis Mudie. In 1955, West Punjab was dissolved, and became Punjab province. In 1966, East Punjab was divided into...
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Jalandhar West is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India. It is part of Jalandhar district and is reserved for candidates...
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Partition of India (redirect from Partition of Punjab)
Muslims moved into West Punjab, and 4.7 million Hindus and Sikhs moved into East Punjab. Virtually no Muslim survived in East Punjab (except in Malerkotla...
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wing of Pakistan comprised three governor's provinces (the North-West Frontier, West Punjab and Sind), one chief commissioner's province (Baluchistan) along...
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East Bengal, 17 from West Punjab, 3 from the Northwest Frontier Province, 4 from Sindh, and 1 from Balochistan. Four of West Punjab's 17 allocated seats...
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Punjabis (redirect from Punjab people)
: 8–10 Indian Punjab is also home to small groups of Muslims and Christians. Most of the East Punjab's Muslims left for West Punjab in 1947. However...
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to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, a province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres...
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Elections to the Punjab Provincial Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections. The Unionist Party contested the...
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(North Punjab Muslim), Sayyed Hussain Shah (North-West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South-West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab...
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Punjab Football Club (formerly known as RoundGlass Punjab) is an Indian professional football club based in Mohali, Punjab. The club competes in Indian...
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Bangladesh National Congress (section West Punjab)
mass migration had significantly reduced the Hindu and Sikh population in West Pakistan, Hindus still constituted twenty percent of the population of East...
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of the Constituent Assembly of India. New elections were held for the West Punjab and East Bengal (which became part of Pakistan, although East Bengal...
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Pakistan to northwest India. Punjab or Panjab may also refer to: Punjab, India, a state and the eastern part of Punjab in India Punjab, Pakistan, a province...
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Hinduism is a minority religion in Punjab province of Pakistan followed by about 0.2% of its population. Punjab has the second largest number of Hindus...
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Punjabi clothing (redirect from Traditional dresses in Punjab)
In the ancient Punjab region, people wore cotton clothing. Both men and women wore knee-length tops. A scarf was worn over the tops which would be draped...
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