The first (and only) Punjab Games[a] were held from 5–11 December 2004, in Patiala city in Indian Punjab.[4]
Some 700 sports persons from both Eastern (Indian) and Western (Pakistani) Punjab competed in the following sports:
- Hockey
- Cycling
- Athletics
- Gymnastics
- Polo
- Handball
- Wrestling
- Badminton
- Volleyball
- Tug of war
- Shooting
- Kabaddi
The Second Punjab Games 2005 were scheduled to be held in Lahore, the provincial capital of Western Punjab in December 2005; and were postponed, and eventually cancelled, due to 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The Third Punjab Games 2006 were proposed to be held in Jalandhar, however never happened.[5]
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