Punjab is the historical and cultural region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent, named for the five rivers that cross its fertile plain, and divided since the 1947 partition of British India between the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's larger Punjabi-majority province of the same name. Traditionally regarded as the homeland of Sikhism, founded there in the fifteenth century, the region has also long been one of South Asia's most productive agricultural areas, a legacy of the canal-irrigation systems built across its plain.
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Region TypeHistorical Region (No Current Administrative Function) 1 Region TypeHistorical Region (No Current Administrative Function) 1 Area (sq km) PopulationInfobox gives a combined total of about 190 million as the sum of two national counts taken in different years: about 115 million in Pakistani Punjab (2017 census) and about 75 million in Indian Punjab (2011 census). No single-year whole-region census exists because the region is split between two countries. Connections
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Amritsar, a major city of the Punjab region, was the site of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
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Punjab comprises areas of modern-day northwestern India.
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Punjab (Land of Five Waters) is named for its five rivers, all tributaries of the Indus.
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After 1947 partition, West Punjab (52%) became part of Pakistan.
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The Northern Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Pahāṛi languages, are a proposed group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east, through the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab (not to be confused with the various other languages with that name) was coined by G. A. Grierson.
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The Rajasthani languages are a group of various languages derived from Western Indo-Aryan languages, primarily spoken in Rajasthan and Malwa, and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India and Bahawalpur division of Pakistani Punjab and the adjacent areas of Sindh.
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Lahnda (Punjabi: Laehndā, pronounced [lɛ˦n.d̪äː], lit. 'western'), also known as Lahndi or Western Punjabi, is a group of Indo-Aryan language varieties, spoken in the Punjab, Hazara, and Azad Kashmir regions of Pakistan.
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458,354.5 km2 (176,971.7 sq mi)
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c. 190 million
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Punjab ( pun-JAHB; Punjabi: Panjāb, pronounced [pəɲˈd͡ʒaːb] ) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, and historical region in South Asia, located in its northwestern part, comprising areas of modern-day Pakistan and northwestern India.
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comprising areas of modern-day Pakistan and northwestern India.
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East Punjab (48%) became part of India, while West Punjab (52%) became part of Pakistan.
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Colonel Reginald Dyer ordered troops under command to fire on a crowd of demonstrators, mostly Sikhs
Associated With: Indus River, Lead section, etymology
referring to the rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas. All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Sutlej being the largest.
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Punjab ( pun-JAHB; Punjabi: Panjāb, pronounced [pəɲˈd͡ʒaːb] ) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, and historical region in South Asia, located in its northwestern part, comprising areas of modern-day Pakistan and northwestern India.
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