Punjab State

FACTS ABOUT INDIAN STATE PUNJAB:

Capital : Chandigarh
Population : 27,704,236
Area : 50,362 Sq. Km.(Rank 19th)
Languages : Punjabi, Hindi
Neighbor Indian States : Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir
Districts22 : (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)
Major Cities : Ludhiana, Moga, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Amritsar, Patiala, Ajitgarh, Bathinda.
Major Rivers : Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
Major Mountains : Himalaya
Major Tourist Places : Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh,Sheesh Mahal, Gurudwara Kiratpur Sahib,Gurudwara Anandpur Sahib, Wagah Border
Punjab is the first Place where President Rule was imposed in India

Division of Punjab : In 1966 ,Haryana and Himachal were carved out of Punjab on the basis of the Language Spoken.

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