following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Punjab: Punjab – state in North India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, India: The seventh-largest country by area, India is located on the Indian subcontinent...
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The Insurgency in Punjab was an armed campaign by the separatists of the Khalistan movement from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Economic and social pressures...
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eastern Punjab province in Pakistan and western Punjab state in India. It is believed that the earliest evidence of human habitation in Punjab traces to...
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Independence Act 1947. The change of political borders notably included the division of two provinces of British India, Bengal and Punjab. The majority Muslim districts...
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in south India. In the Punjab, Sikhism emerged, rejecting institutionalised religion. The Mughal Empire, in 1526, ushered in two centuries of relative...
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Punjabi Hindus (redirect from Hinduism in Punjab)
Chandigarh today, many have ancestry across the greater Punjab region, which was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. Hinduism is the oldest recorded...
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is based on the Punjab Circle style. The Men's final in the World cup of 2014 was played between India and Pakistan and was won by India 45–42. The Women's...
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bodies exist instead of these rural subdivisions. The diagram below outlines the six tiers of administrative divisions: The states of India have been grouped...
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the greater Punjab region, an area that was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. In the contemporary era, apart from Indian Punjab, Punjabi Sikhs...
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Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency (category Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, India)
Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. The incumbent MP is Sukhjinder Singh...
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the northern state of Punjab, which is the only Sikh-majority administrative division in the world. India is home to the majority of the global Sikh population...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Rajasthan: Rajasthan largest state of the Republic of India by area, is located...
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Faridkot is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. Presently, Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency comprises...
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Indian National Congress (redirect from Leader of the Indian National Congress in the Parliament of India)
Northeast India. Under the background of the Punjab insurgency, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed. The aim of the law...
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Kharar, Punjab 161 - Ludhiana, Punjab 172 - Chandigarh Capital Region, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana[1] 175 - Patiala, Punjab 181 - Jalandhar, Punjab 183...
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Haryana (redirect from Culture of Haryana (India))
212 km2 or 17,070 sq mi) of India's land area. The state capital is Chandigarh, which it shares with the neighbouring state of Punjab; and the most populous...
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assassinations of moderate Sikhs and other persons in the Punjab," and "penned its name to threatening letters [addressed to] ... high officials in India". The...
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The 1st Punjab Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. Upon the Partition of India, it was transferred to the newly-raised...
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border, and had been preparing to oust the Muslims from East Punjab in case of partition. India and Pakistan later worked to repatriate the abducted women...
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Sikhism in Pakistan (section Partition of India (1947))
community in Pakistan today. Most Sikhs live in the province of Punjab, a part of the larger Punjab region where the religion originated in the Middle Ages...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Pakistan: Pakistan – sovereign country located in South Asia. It has a 1,046...
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Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency (category Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, India)
Hoshiarpur is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the...
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Indira Gandhi Canal (category Canals in Punjab, India)
canal in India. It starts at the Harike Barrage near Harike, a few kilometers downriver from the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in Punjab state...
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Doaba (redirect from Doaba Punjab)
region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi...
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Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency (category Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, India)
Ferozepur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. Presently, Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency...
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The Punjab Boundary Force was an ad hoc military force to restore law and order during the communal carnages of the partition of India in the Punjab. The...
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unfavourable weather conditions in the border regions of Punjab. Today, the External Services Division of All India Radio broadcasts daily with 57 transmissions...
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fifteenth-century Punjab with the teachings of Guru Nanak and nine successive Sikh gurus. As of 2011, there were 20.8 million Sikhs in India. Punjab is the spiritual...
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Sikhs (section British rule in India)
resulting in heavy recruitment from Punjab to the British Indian Army for the next 90 years of the British Raj in colonial India. The distinct turban that differentiates...
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