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Meaning of the word “Punjab” The term Punjab comprises two words:

"punj meaning five and ab meaning water, thus the land of five rivers."[5] The Greeksreferred to Punjab as Pentapotamia, an inland delta of five converging rivers.[6] In Avesta, the sacred text of Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associated with the ancient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land of Seven Rivers.[7] Historically, the Punjab region has been the gateway to the Indian Subcontinent for most foreign invaders.[6]

Punjab,India Punjab ( i/pʌnˈdʒɑːb/; also spelt Panjab, is a 

state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region.The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthanto the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. To the north it is bounded by the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state capital is located in Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana.

Division of Punjab After the partition of India in 1947, the 

Punjab province of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The Indian Punjabwas divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, as well as the current state of Punjab. Punjab is the only state in India with a majority Sikh population.[4]

Agriculture Agriculture is the largest industry in Punjab.[8]

 Other major industries include the manufacturing of scientific instruments, agricultural goods, electrical goods, financial services, machine tools, textiles, sewing machines, sports goods, starch, tourism,fertilisers, bicycles, garments, and the processing of pine oil and sugar. Punjab also has the largest number of steel rolling mill plants in India, which are located in Steel Town Mandi Gobindgarh, District Fatehgarh Sahib.

 

Disaster in Punjab (july.08.2010) Patiala With the flood situation in Patiala villages worsening

following the breach in the SYL Canal on Tuesday night, Punjab has requisitioned the services of the National Disaster Response Force.

One Ram Singh, 17, of village Sarala Kalan in Ghanaur died and three others are still fighting for their life after they were electrocuted by an electric pole which fell into the water.

Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, who visited the flood-affected areas after making an aerial survey of the flood situation in Patiala, said 800 jawans of the Bathinda-based National Disaster Response Force had been requisitioned for deployment in the flood-affected areas.

"They would be in the flood-prone areas by tomorrow and start relief operations." He added that two government officials would also be deployed in each flood-affected village to help rescue the marooned residents and carry out relief operations. Badal also gave a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to Ram Singh's family.

At leat 108 villages around Ghanaur in Patiala district have been hit by the 120-feet wide breach in the SYL Canal. With the water continuing to flow into the villages, the Chief Secretary has been asked to coordinate with his Haryana counterpart to work out a solution.

Badal charged Haryana with diverting water towards Punjab since it had put up bandhs in Hansi-Butana Canal, besides causing a breach in the SYL canal.  

Badal also charged the Centre with ignoring Punjab's demands for protection of bandhs along the Ghaggar for channelising water in the flood-prone area.

Badal said the CM would now take up the issue with the PM to help clear the project for flood-control measures and for channelising the Ghaggar waters in the flood-prone Ghanaur and Kanaouri areas.

Formation of current punjab The capital city of the undivided Province of Punjab, Lahore, was

allocated to the Pakistani West Punjab during the partition of British Indiain 1947, so a new capital for Indian Punjab was built at Chandigarh. Shimla was named temporary capital of the Punjab until Chandigarh was completed in 1960.

After years of protest by Akali Dal and other Sikh organisations finally Punjab was divided along linguistic basis in 1966. On 1 November 1966, the Hindi-speaking southern half of Punjab became a separate state, Haryana, and the Pahari speaking hilly areas in north east were given to Himachal Pradesh. Chandigarh was on the border between the two states and became a separate union territory but serves as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana. During the 1970s, the Green Revolution brought increased economic prosperity for the Punjab, mainly due to the late Pratap Singh Kairon. However, a growing polarisation between the Indian National Congress central government and the main Sikh political party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, developed during the 1970s. Hostility and bitterness arose from what was widely seen by the Akali Dal as increasing alienation, centralization and discriminatory attitudes towards Punjab by the Government of India. This prompted the Shiromani Akali Dal to pass the Anandpur Sahib Resolution, which asked for granting maximum autonomy to the region of Punjab and other states and limited role and powers of the Central Government.

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Sub-division The area of Punjab can be divided into: Malwa is a region of Punjab south to river Sutlej. The

Malwa area makes up majority of the Punjab region consisting 11 districts. Cities such as Ludhiana, Rupnagar, Patiala, Sangrur, Bathinda, Mansa, Firozpur, Fazilka, Rajpura, Moga andAjitgarh are located in the Malwa region. Malwa is also famous for cotton farming.

Majha is a historical region of the Indian Punjab comprising the modern districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur andTarn Taran. It lies between rivers Ravi, Beas and the Sutlej. This region is called the heartland of Punjab and is celebrated as being the 'Cradle of Sikhism'.

Doaba is the region of Indian Punjab between the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba" literally translates to "land between two rivers" ("Do" two, "Ab" river; Punjabi). It is one of the most fertile regions of the world and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India. To this day, it remains one of the largest per capita producers of wheat in the world. The cities in Doaba are Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Nawanshahr and Kapurthala.

Districts in Punjab Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Firozpur Fazilka Fatehgarh Sahib (

Sirhind-Fategarh) Faridkot Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Pathankot

Ludhiana Mansa Moga Ajitgarh Muktsar Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Shaheed Bhagat

Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr)

Tarn Taran

Parkash Singh Badal From 1947, 15 people have been Chief Minister of Punjab. Serving since 2007, Parkash Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal party is the current incumbent and longest-serving chief minister with over 15 years in office.

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