East Punjab
Former province of India from 1947 to 1950 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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East Punjab was a province of India from 1947 until 1950. It consisted parts of the Punjab province that remained in India following the partition of the province between the new dominions of Pakistan and the Indian Union by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. 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 parts remained with India.
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Province of East Punjab | |||||||||||
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Former Province of India | |||||||||||
1947–1950 | |||||||||||
East Punjab, 1950 | |||||||||||
Capital | Shimla[1] | ||||||||||
Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||||
• Established | 15 August 1947 | ||||||||||
• PEPSU formed | 1948 | ||||||||||
26 January 1950 | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Punjab Chandigarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh |
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