Punjab The Golden State Of India
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 of the five rivers that ran through it. They are Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Chenab. Prior to Persian period this region was known by different names at different times. Probably, at the height of its glory it was known as Sapta Sindhu, land of the seven rivers, namely Sindhu (Indus), Vitasta (Jehlum), Asuhi (chenab), Purshin (Ravi), Vipasa (Beas), Satadru (Sutleg) and Saruri (Saraswati). The last one is a dried up stream now and its traces are found in the present seasonal streams that flow near Pehowa in Haryana.
During Greek occupation, the territory had shrunk into the area covering the five rivers. In 1947 when India was partitioned, the larger half of Punjab went to Pakistan. In 1966 the Indian smaller half was further divided into three: Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
According to 1991 census, its population came to 20.19 million. Punjab, thus represents about 1.6 percent of the area and 2.39 percent of the population of the country. The latitudinal and longitudinal extends the Punjab are from 29o 32- to 32o 32-N and 73o 55- to 76o 50-E.
Punjab is bounded on the west by Pakistan, on the North by Jammu and Kashmir, on the north east by Himachal Pradesh and on the south by Haryana and Rajasthan. Physically, the state may be divided into two parts; sub-Shivalik Strip and Sutlebj- Ghaggar Plain. The Sub Shivalik strip covers the upper portion of Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts. The Sutlej- Ghaggar plain embraces the other districts of the Punjab.
For administrative purposes it is divided into three division and 45 sub-division. There are 12,342 villages and 134 towns in the state
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Amarjit dhamrait....Punjabi,,,nawashahri said, January 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Dil apna Punjabi
taran said, May 9, 2007 @ 1:41 pm
tell about shaheed bhagat singh
akhtar said, May 18, 2007 @ 11:23 am
lack of information about west punjab. it can not be seperated on ideological bases. overall satisfactory
Awais Asif Sindhu said, July 29, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
Punjab is not only in India, Pakistan also has a large part of same region called as Punjab
gursangeet sandhu said, September 1, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
this site is about punjab , but i am sorry to say in the detail about punjab state , the name five rivers is wrong , Ghaggar ,is not among five rivers on which punjab is named ,the five rivers are Satluj , Beas ,Ravi , Jehlum and Chenab . so kindly make the correction …………..
bobby [dakoha] said, October 6, 2007 @ 3:05 am
punjab is a place in which the peer faker are live .and punjab bless by god
Palwinder Pal Singh said, October 9, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
i m living in australia . but i miss my punjab beco’z i m punjabi .never be forget this great place
inderpreet kaur said, November 15, 2007 @ 7:43 am
i m a malaysian but i m very much in love with punjab.. i wish to settle there in some pind.. i miss my family members there.. owh i miss punjab.. the love we get there.. the punjabi khana.. i miss everything.. ghum ke main vekh aiyaa dunia ae sari, labhni nahin mauj punjab vargi!!! i mean it..
shivinder singh said, November 27, 2007 @ 2:21 am
murd…murd yaad satawae pind diya gallian de……….i am a punjabi but away from my heart(punjab) . i like punjabi culture & punjabi gabru’s & mutiars .
shivinder singh said, November 27, 2007 @ 2:37 am
i love punjab. i want to sent a message to all punjabi’s that i am away from punjab & i am alone at this place as very less punjabi;s are there in this place so i need my punjabi frds to share my feelings to them . the punjabi’s all always help full to others . i invite you all to be my frd;s my contact no is 09911656664. you can also be my frd by sharing comments by sending them on post your comment , u can also write your e- mail address in this comment ….so …i am ….waiting for you & your comments frd,s. your punjabi friend shivinder
rupinder chahal said, December 13, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
pun-jab
I have no words to descibes about ” NATURE`S MIRACLE”
love you punjab
Lakhvinder Singh Lovely said, January 20, 2008 @ 5:23 am
i want to know about diffrent states in punjab and a breif history of gurdaspur and also pure map of punjab countary
Pushpinder Singh Prince said, March 12, 2008 @ 12:42 am
sat shiri akal ji main punjabi han par main austrailia vich reh rihan han main punjab nu bahut miss kardan han ethe reh ke sanu punjab vich reh ke tan kade pta nahi chal sakda ke punjab ki hai jo out of country rehnde ne ohnanu pochho ke punjabi ki hai ki hai maa de hath di pakki roti da swad ki hai oh pyar jo sanu sadi family ton milda hai raat nu ikathe beh ke chaounke vich roti khan da swad.. vatna wale ki janan ki dukh pardeshan de.. main appne perantes nu bahut miss karda han my id hai pushpinderprince@gmail.com
JASWINDER SINGH said, April 29, 2008 @ 2:24 am
i love PUNJAB very much. its my heart beat. without PUNJAB i cn’t guess my life.I m from GIDDARBAHA the birth place famous punjabi singer S.GURDAS MANN.the heart beat of all punjabis
sukhjinder said, May 19, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
I m plyer of kabbdi
didar said, June 7, 2008 @ 8:57 am
i love our punjab
HARASH BHANOT said, June 17, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
punjab shan hindustan di, nahi reesan punjab diya, punjab and punjabi balle balle.
HARASH BHANOT said, June 17, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
punjab shan hindustan di, nahi reesan punjab diya, punjab and punjabi balle balle.im from village bhulla rai, teh phagwara.but now working in dubai as an engineer and i have a transport company also.i want to do some thing for mu punjab and hindustan. plz give suggetions on hb_on_net@yahoo.co.in. i love u all indians.
pink pawar said, September 24, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
sada Punjab sab to best,although m leaving in australia but everyday i miss my Punjab,jithe marji chale jayo,par apne Punjab vargi gal kidre v nahi mildi,kise cheeg d kami,kadar usto door jan to bad hi pata chaldi hai.
RAKESH KUMAR(BALWANT) said, November 13, 2008 @ 10:37 am
SATSIRIAAKAL DOSTO
jagraj singh bharj said, March 6, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
loin hart panjabi boys
kamal bajwa said, March 22, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
i liveing toronto(canada) but i miss punjab
Raman kaur said, March 26, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Im from USA. im in lov punjab. although i hav been there only 2 times but whenever i go there it feels like im in heaven.
Khawer said, March 28, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Dosto! Sat Sri Akal/Namastey/Salam.I am a Punjabi and presently living in Russia. I always miss my Punjab. My both the parents have migrated to Lahore from Ludihana during the unfortunate event of partition in 1947. I have always listened them talking about and missing Ludihana. Although I have never been to Ludihana but I always have a sense of belonging to this city and Indiam Punjab. I would like to have friends from Indian Punjab and know more about Punjab.Religion and country is of no value. My Mail Id khawersheikh@mail.ru.
Amardeep Singh Toor said, April 13, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
Babeo, i am from punjab Disst Ludhiana.but i am living in Muscat.Dosto Our punjab is heaven.i miss my native.i realy miss Home made DARU.
deepika vaid said, May 12, 2009 @ 9:42 am
BE PROUD OF YOUR INDIGINOUS LANGUAGE…..LIKE ME I LOVE TO SPEAK PUNJABI
gurdeep selopal said, May 25, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
ki sift karan punjabian di…….sohna vakhra hai mera punjab loko…..
apne panjab di yaad udon hi aundi hai jdon banda door hunda hai apne punjab ton…..meinu fakar hai apni maa boli te…te apne punjab te….
parmod saini said, May 30, 2009 @ 3:50 am
dil apna punjabi, menu apne punjab te maan hai,
Kulwinder Singh Mann said, June 20, 2009 @ 6:48 am
Nei ha kåi ful gulab warga, Ostra tra hi nei haa desh Panjab warga
Kulwinder Singh Mann said, June 20, 2009 @ 6:50 am
Jistra Nei ha kåi ful gulab warga, Ostra tra hi nei kåi haa desh Panjab warga