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Punjab (pronounced /pənˈdʒɑːb/ (deprecatit template); Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (Gurmukhi)) is a state in the northwast o the Republic o Indie, formin pairt o the lairger Punjab region. The state is bordered bi the Indie states o Himachal Pradesh tae the east, Haryana tae the sooth an sootheast an Rajasthan tae the soothwast as well as the Pakistani province o Punjab tae the wast, it is an aa bundit tae the north bi Jammu an Kashmir. The state caipital is Chandigarh. Major ceeties o Punjab includes Mohali, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Patiala an Jalandhar.
Punjab ਪੰਜਾਬ | |
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Map of Punjab | |
Eik-name(s): Land o Five Rivers | |
Location o Punjab in Indie | |
Clockwise frae top: Harmandir Sahib, Quila Mubarak, Gandhi Bhavan, Wagah Border, Jallianwala Bagh Memorial | |
Coordinates (chandigarh): 30.79°N 76.78°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
Established | 1966-11-01 |
Caipital | Chandigarh |
Lairgest ceety | Amritsar |
Destricts | 22 |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Shivraj Patil[1] |
• Chief Meenister | Parkash Singh Badal (SAD) |
• Legislatur | Unicameral (117 seats) |
• Parliamentary constituency | 13 |
• Heich Court | Punjab an Haryana Heich Court |
Area | |
• Total | 50362 km2 (19,445 sq mi) |
Area rank | 19t |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 27,704,236 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
HDI | 0.679 (medium) |
HDI rank | 9th (2005) |
Literacy | 76.68% |
Offeecial leids | Punjabi |
Website | punjabgovt.nic.in |
Efter the pairtition o Indie in 1947, the Punjab province o Breetish Indie wis dividit atween Indie an Pakistan. The Indie Punjab wis dividit in 1966 wi the formation o the new states o Haryana an Himachal Pradesh as well as the current state o Punjab. Punjab is the anerlie state in Indie wi a majority Sikh population.[3]
Agricultur is the lairgest industry in Punjab; it is the lairgest single provider o wheat tae Indie. Other major industries include the manufacturin o scientific instruments, watter meter, electrical guids, financial services, machine tuils, textiles, sewing machines, sports guids, starch, tourism, fertilisers, bicycles, garments, an the processin o pine ile an succar. Punjab an aa haes the lairgest number o steel rolling mill plants in Indie which are locatit in steel toun Mandi Gobindgarh, destrict Fatehgarh Sahib.
The wird Punjab is a combination o the Persian wirds پنج panj (five) and آب āb (water), an thus the (land o) five rivers. The name is an aa sometimes spelled as Panjab or Punjaab.
The aurie o Punjab can be dividit intae:
The state o Punjab haes 22 destricts which comprise o sub-divesions, tehsils an blocks.
Destricts:
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The state caipital o Punjab is Chandigarh. There are 14 ceeties an 157 touns in Punjab. Punjab haes some vera valuable historical, colourful great ceeties. The major ceeties in Punjab are Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala, Mohali, Bathinda, Phagwara. The State o Punjab in wastren Indie is ane o the maist fertile regions o the earth. The ceeties hae rich cultur o self dependence, sel reliance an haurd wirk.
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