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The region came under British rule when the East India Company annexed the Punjab on March 29, 1849. The region was divided between India and Pakistan when they gained independence in 1947.
The name "Punjab" means "land of five rivers" and derives from the Persian words 'panj,' meaning five, and 'aab,' meaning water. The rivers, tributaries of the Indus River, are the Beas, Chenab, Jhelum , Ravi, and Sutlej . The five rivers, now divided between India and Pakistan, merge to form the Panjnad, which joins the Indus.
Most of the Punjab is an alluvial plain, bounded by mountains to the North. Despite its dry conditions, it is a rich agricultural area due to the extensive irrigation made possible by the great rivers.
Sikhism is the main religion of the Indian Punjab. About 60% of the population are Sikhs, most of the rest Hindu and Muslim. IslamCairo Egypt Islm (In Arabic: , "submission (to God)"; In Persian and Urdu: ) is a monotheistic faith and the world's second-largest religion. Followers of Islam, known as Muslims believe that God (or, in Arabic, Allh revealed His Will to Muhammad (c. is the religion of about 97% of the population of the Punjab in Pakistan. The language of the region is Punjabi. ChandigarhChandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. However, the city does not belong to either state. Rather, the city is administered by the federal government and hence classified as a union territory. Chandigarh city is the capital of the Indian state of Punjab. LahoreLahore is a major city in Pakistan that is the capital of the province of Punjab. It is located near the river Ravi and the Indian border. Lahore has 6. 5 million inhabitants and thus is the second largest city in Pakistan ( Karachi being the largest)., the second largest city in Pakistan, is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab.Main article: History of the PunjabIntroduction The word " Punjab" for the first time was mentioned in the Book ``Tarikh-e-Sher Shah (1580) which mentions the construction of Fort by a fellow named ``Sher Khan of Punjab''. Again the name is mentioned in ``Ain-e-Akbari part 1 written by Abu
The word " PunjabThe Punjab (sometimes spelt Panjab is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. Once a single entity, it is now split between two nations: see Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (1" for the first time was mentioned in the Book Tarikh-e-Sher Shah (1580) which mentions the construction of Fort by a fellow named Sher Khan of Punjab. Again the name is mentioned in Ain-e-Akbari part 1 written by Abul Fazal who also mentions that the territory of Punjab was divided into two provinces of LahoreLahore is a major city in Pakistan that is the capital of the province of Punjab. It is located near the river Ravi and the Indian border. Lahore has 6. 5 million inhabitants and thus is the second largest city in Pakistan ( Karachi being the largest). and MultanMasoleum of Rukn-i-Alam Multan is a city in Pakistan and capital of Multan district in the Punjab Province. It is located in the southern part of the province, and is a very historic city. It has a population of over 1. 3 million, making it the sixth larg. Similarly in the second volume of Aeen-e-Akbari title of a chapter contains the word Punjab in it. Also the Mughal King Jahangir mentions the word Punjab on page 183 of his book "Tuzk-i-Janhageeri". [Quraishee 73]
But Archeologists have traced the signs of human habitation to times long before that of Mughals arrival. The upper basin of Indus and the Baluchistan Plateau hosted one of the earliest human civilizations known as the Indus valley civilization. The earliest signs of life human activity date as far back as 7000 BC. The Indus valley civilization grew from small village and settlements to highly refined urban life. At its height, around 3000 BC, it boasted the splendid cities of Harrapa (Near present Day Sahiwal in West Punjab) and Mohenjo Daro in the lower Indus valley. The story of the decline, whose reasons are still not completely explained, of civilization is also told through the remains of these cities, now primarily attributed to the dessication of the main river that fed the civilisation lying on its shores.