28 Facts About Indian Punjab

1. Indian Punjab is the birthplace of Sikhism and the movement Ahmadiyya.

2. The Indian Punjab was invaded by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE and was captured by Chandragupta Maurya under Chanakya.

3. Indian Punjab ruled under the British was larger than that under Ranjit Singh.

4. The most notable Bronze-Age cities in the Indian Punjab are those of Harappa, Rakhigarhi and Rupar.

5. Indian Punjab is the central location of the ruins of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), known as the Harappan Civilisation.

6. Indian Punjab enjoys better health conditions than most states in India.

7. Indian Punjab is well served by the Northern Railway—part of the national railway system.

8. Indian Punjab has one of the best-developed road networks in the country.

9. Indian Punjab produces an important portion of India's food grain and contributes a major share of the wheat and rice stock held by the Central Pool.

10. Indian Punjab has the world's first museum based on the Indian Partition of 1947, in Amritsar, called the Partition Museum.

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

12. Indian Punjab has the largest population of Sikhs in India and is the only state where Sikhs form a majority with approximately 57.69 of the state population practicing Sikhism.

13. All the cities and towns of Indian Punjab are connected by four-lane national highways.

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

15. Indian Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India.

16. Indian Punjab has 22 districts which are geographically classified into Majha, Malwa, Doaba and Poadh regions.

17. Indian Punjab was under President's rule for 5 continuous years from 1987 to 1992.

18. In terms of the absolute number of days, Indian Punjab was under President's rule for 3510 days, which is about 10 years.

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

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

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

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

23. Indian Punjab is bounded by Pakistan on the west, Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Himachal Pradesh on the northeast and Haryana and Rajasthan on the south.

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

25. Indian Punjab ruled the territory between the Sutlej River and the Yamuna River, established a capital in the Himalayas at Lohgarh, and struck coinage in the names of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh.

26. The word Indian Punjab is a compound of the Persian words panj and ab (waters).

27. 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.

28. The Indian Punjab was home to the Gupta Empire, the empire of the Alchon Huns, the empire of Harsha, and the Mongol Empire.