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    Punjab is a state in northwest India bordered by Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir. The state capital is Chandigarh. Punjab has a majority Sikh population and its name translates to "Land of Five Rivers." Agriculture is a major industry, with Punjab being the largest wheat producer in India. Other key industries include manufacturing, financial services, and textiles.

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    Punjab, India

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    This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. For other uses of the name, see Punjab (disambiguation).

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    Punjab

    State of India

    Clockwise from top: Harmandir Sahib, Qila Mubarak, Gandhi Bhavan, Wagah Border, Jallianwala BaghMemorial

    Seal

    Nickname(s): Land of Five Rivers


    (Farsi: punj=five; abb=water)

    Location of Punjab in India

    Map of Punjab

    Coordinates (chandigarh):

    30.79N 76.78ECoordinates:
    76.78E

    30.79N

    Country Established Capital

    India 1966-11-01 Chandigarh

    Largest city Districts Government Governor Chief Minister Legislature Parliamentary constituency High Court Area Total Area rank Population (2011)[2] Total Density Time zone ISO 3166 code HDI HDI rank Literacy Official languages Website

    Ludhiana 22

    Shivraj Patil[1] Parkash Singh Badal (SAD) Unicameral (117 seats) 13

    Punjab and Haryana High Court

    50,362 km2 (19,445 sq mi) 19th

    27,704,236 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) IST (UTC+05:30) IN-PB 0.679 (medium) 9th (2005) 76.68% Punjabi http://www.punjabgovt.gov.in/

    Punjab ( i/pndb/; Punjabi: ), 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 and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. It is also bounded to the north by the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state capital is located in Chandigarh, which is a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. After the partition of India in 1947, the Punjab province of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The Indian Punjab was 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.[3] The term Punjab comprises two words: "punj meaning five and ab meaning water, thus the land of five rivers."[4] The Greeks referred to Punjab as Pentapotamia, an inland delta of five converging rivers.[5] In Avesta, the sacred text of Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associated with the ancient hapta hndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land of Seven Rivers.[6] Historically, the Punjab region has been the gateway to the Indian Subcontinent for people from Greece, Central Asia, Iran, and Afghanistan.[5]

    Agriculture is the largest industry in Punjab; it is the largest single producer of wheat in India. [7] 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.
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    1 Etymology 2 History

    o o o o o o o

    2.1 Ancient history 2.2 Sikhs in Punjab 2.3 Cis-Sutlej states 2.4 The Sikh Empire 2.5 Punjab Province (British India) 2.6 Independence and its aftermath 2.7 Formation of current Punjab

    3 Geography

    3.1 Climate

    4 Flora and fauna 5 Government and politics 6 Subdivisions

    6.1 Administrative subdivisions

    7 Economy 8 Transportation 9 Demographics 10 Religion 11 Language 12 Education 13 Digital Library of Punjab 14 Culture

    o o

    14.1 Bhangra 14.2 Punjabi folklore

    15 Drug addiction 16 Tourism

    17 See also 18 References 19 Further reading

    19.1 Primary sources

    20 External links

    Etymology[edit]
    The word Punjab is a xenonym/exonym from the Persian words panj (Persian: ) and b (Persian: )which are cognate with the Sanskritwords "panch" (Sanskrit: ) and "p" (Sanskrit: )) that means "five" and "water", respectively, thus Panjb means "Five Rivers", which roughly means "Land of Five Rivers".[8] The five rivers are the Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jehlum (also spelled Jhelum). Traditionally, in English, there used to be a definite article before the name, i.e. "The Punjab".[9] The name is also sometimes spelled as "Panjab". The namePunjab was given to the region by Turkic Muslim conquerors and popularized during the reign of the Mughal empire in the 17th century CE.

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