36 Facts About Punjab India

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

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

Circa 1000 CE, the Punjab India 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 Punjab India and resulted in the formation of the Sikh Confederacy after the fall of the Mughal Empire and ensuing conflict with the Durrani Empire.

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

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

In British India, until the Partition of India in 1947, the 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 Punjab India and made into a new province: the North-West Frontier Province.

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

In 1956 this was integrated with the state of East Punjab to create a new, enlarged Indian state called simply "Punjab".

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

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

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

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

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

Each of the states of Punjab India possesses a parliamentary system of government, with a ceremonial state Governor, appointed by the President of Punjab India on the advice of the central government.

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

Capital of 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, Punjab India was under the President's rule for 3, 510 days, which is approximately 10 years.

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

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

Punjab India 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".

Punjab India'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.

Punjab India 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.

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Punjab India 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 (Ludhiana).

Punjab India 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.

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.

Punjab India 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.

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

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

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

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

Culture of Punjab has many elements including music such as bhangra, an extensive religious and non-religious dance tradition, a long history of poetry in the Punjabi language, a significant Punjabi film industry that dates back to before Partition, a vast range of cuisine, which has become widely popular abroad, and a number of seasonal and harvest festivals such as Lohri, Basant, Vaisakhi and Teeyan, all of which are celebrated in addition to the religious festivals of India.

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

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