36 Facts About Indian Punjab

Indian Punjab was enriched during the height of the Vedic period, but declined in predominance with the rise of the Mahajanapadas.

Indian Punjab continued to be settled by nomadic people; including the Huna, Turkic and the Mongols.

Circa 1000 CE, the Indian Punjab came under the rule of Muslims and was part of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and Durrani Empire.

Sikhism was founded in the 15th to 17th centuries by the Sikh Gurus in the Indian Punjab and resulted in the formation of the Sikh Confederacy after the fall of the Mughal Empire and ensuing conflict with the Durrani Empire.

Greater Indian Punjab region was annexed by the British East India Company from the Sikh Empire in 1849.

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The West Indian Punjab became part of a Muslim-majority Pakistan, while the East Indian Punjab became part of a Hindu-majority India.

Later, the spread of Buddhisim and Jainism in the Indian subcontinent saw the growth of Buddhism and Jainism in the Punjab.

In British India, until the Partition of India in 1947, the Indian Punjab Province was geographically a triangular tract of country of which the Indus River and its tributary the Sutlej formed the two sides up to their confluence, the base of the triangle in the north being the Lower Himalayan Range between those two rivers.

In 1901 the frontier districts beyond the Indus were separated from Indian Punjab and made into a new province: the North-West Frontier Province.

Subsequently, Indian Punjab was divided into four natural geographical divisions by colonial officials on the decadal census data:.

Indian Punjab is in northwestern India and has a total area of 50,362 square kilometres.

Indian Punjab is bordered by Pakistan's Indian Punjab province on the west, Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Himachal Pradesh on the northeast and Haryana and Rajasthan on the south.

Indian Punjab is divided into three distinct regions on the basis of soil types: southwestern, central, and eastern.

Indian Punjab receives rainfall from the monsoon current of the Bay of Bengal.

The state of Indian Punjab has large wetland areas, bird sanctuaries that house numerous species of birds, and many zoological parks.

Indian Punjab is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy.

The state of Indian Punjab is divided into five administrative divisions and twenty-two districts.

Capital of Indian Punjab is Chandigarh, which serves as the capital of Haryana and is thus administered separately as a Union Territory of India.

In terms of the absolute number of days, Indian Punjab was under the President's rule for 3,510 days, which is approximately 10 years.

Indian Punjab was under the President's rule for five continuous years from 1987 to 1992.

Indian Punjab police is headed by its DGP, Dinkar Gupta, and has 70,000 employees.

Indian Punjab has 23 districts, which are geographically classified into Majha, Malwa, Doaba and Puadh regions, as under: -.

Indian Punjab is called the "Granary of India" or "India's bread-basket".

Indian Punjab's economy has been primarily agriculture-based since the Green Revolution due to the presence of abundant water sources and fertile soils; most of the state lies in a fertile alluvial plain with many rivers and an extensive irrigation canal system.

Indian Punjab has the largest number of steel rolling mill plants in India, which are in "Steel Town"—Mandi Gobindgarh in the Fatehgarh Sahib district.

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Indian Punjab has a large diaspora that is mostly settled in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, numbers about 3 million, and sends back billions of USD in remittances to the state, playing a major role in its economy.

Indian Punjab has six civil airports including two international airports: Amritsar International Airport and Chandigarh International Airport at Mohali; and four domestic airports: Bathinda Airport, Pathankot Airport, Adampur Airport and Sahnewal Airport.

Indian Punjab Government have signed a MoU with Virgin Hyperloop One to explore the feasibility of running a Hyperloop between Amritsar and Chandigarh which could decrease the travel time between 2 cities from five hours by road to less than 30 minutes.

Indian Punjab has the largest population of Sikhs in India and is the only state where Sikhs form a majority, numbering around 16 million forming 57.

Indian Punjab is served by several institutions of higher education, including 23 universities that provide undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all the major arts, humanities, science, engineering, law, medicine, veterinary science, and business.

Indian Punjab Agricultural University is a leading institution globally for the study of agriculture and played a significant role in Indian Punjab's Green Revolution in the 1960s–70s.

Indian Punjab has 23 universities, of which ten are private, 9 are state, one is central and three are deemed universities.

Indian Punjab is increasingly becoming known for education of yoga and naturopathy, with its student slowly adopting these as their career.

Indian Punjab has witnessed a growth in FM radio channels, mainly in the cities of Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar, which has become hugely popular.

Years of neglect had caused this craft to die out, and the listing prompted the Government of Indian Punjab to undertake a craft revival effort under Project Virasat.

Many dishes are exclusive to Indian Punjab, including Sarson Da Saag, Tandoori chicken, Shami kebab, makki di roti, etc.