 This is a small thumbnail of map of punjab which whos various districts in punjab. each district is labled to show its location on the map. you can simply find our where is your district on the map. A large view of this map is available in the full version of the article. You can see the full version of this map by clicking here. |
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Punjab is a land hallowed by saints and scarred by battles, an ancient land yielding archaeological treasures, a land of palaces and museums. A visitor to Punjab can see the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the sword of Hazrat Ali at Anandpur Sahib, the world-s highest straight gravity dam at Bhakra, India’s Steel City – Gobindgarh, and the world‘s biggest grain market at Khanna. No one has ever gone back |
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In villages which formed the first habitation of civilised man rural sports grew out of sheer necessity. The need for cultivating individual strength for labour on the fields, the interdependence within the community and need of defence, joint defence against onslaughts of a common foe and dangerous animals must have given birth to sports like wrestling, running, jumping, weightlifting and such performing arts as of measuring |
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When after the independence of India, eight princely States of Punjab constituted themselves into Patiala & East Punjab States Union, in short PEPSU, in May 1948, it became a Sikh majority State. However, instead of inviting the Akali Dal, which represented the Sikhs, to form the Ministry the Governor nominated a Congressman as the Chief Minister of the State. But in the elections of February 1952, the Akali Dal, contesting |
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Here are few geogrophical facts about punjab, although we know the details are in brief only as it is hard to cover all the detais regarding the geographical facts, if you need more information regarding any details mentioned or require more detailed information please contact us and we may be able to help you find more resources on the tpic requested. This article covers location, area and |
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Punjab is an extensive, flat plain, hemmed in by high mountain walls on the north and west, and open to the south and east. The area, considered as a whole, presents the appearance of a gently sloping plain, leading from the high mountains on the north to the sandy deserts on the south. The great cities of |
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The word "Punjab" is made up of two Persian words -Panj- and -Aab-. Panj means five and Aab means water. This name was probably given to this land possibly in an era when this region came into close contact with Persia. The Punjab was known as |
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The word "Punjab" is made up of two Persian words -Panj- and -Aab-. Panj means five and Aab means water. This name was probably given to this land possibly in an era when this region came into close contact with Persia. The Punjab was known as land of five rivers because |
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