38 Facts About The Punjab

1. The Punjab has the best performance in school enrollment and educational attainment.

2. The Punjab is surrounded on the north by the North-West Frontier province and the Federal capital area of Islamabad.

3. The Punjab served as the juncture of a number of the world's great civilizations.

4. The Punjab was occupied by Alexander the Great and then by the Maurya empire.

5. The Punjab has a large textile industry and much flour milling.

6. The Punjab is the major manufacturing industry in Pakistan's economy and here each art enjoys a place of its own.

7. The Punjab is very rich with literature and Sufis adds more in its literature.

8. The Punjab is the biggest land area of Pakistan and is popularly known for its culture.

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

10. The Punjab were powered by Harsimran Dhami, who emerged the top scorer of the day.

11. The Punjab is of key importance to AAP as it won 20 seats in the 117-member assembly, making it the main opposition.

12. The Punjab is holding the same post in a The Punjab convent and principal of a school there.

13. The Punjab had taken a stranglehold early in the match, replying to Bengal's 187 with 447.

14. The Punjab put in a request at The Punjab University to make her entrance exams font size bigger so that she wouldn't have an issue.

15. The Punjab applied to The Punjab University, prepped for the exam and expected that she would get in without any issues since her academic record is spotless.

16. The Punjab is making its case for more security to Sidhu by citing his bashing of the Badals.

17. The Punjab were able to cross the 400-run mark courtesy Manpreet Singh Grewal's unbeaten 69 that came in quick time.

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

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

20. The 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.

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

22. The Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India.

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

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

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

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

27. The Punjab is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy.

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

29. The Punjab receives rainfall from the monsoon current of the Bay of Bengal.

30. The 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.

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

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

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

34. The Punjab was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE and was captured by Chandragupta Maurya.

35. The Punjab enjoys better health conditions than most states in India.

36. The Punjab has one of the best-developed road networks in the country.

37. The 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.

38. The Punjab was home to several Sufi saints, and Sufism is well established in the region.