Eastern Punjab (other)
Eastern Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, India, mostly used in contexts where Western Punjab refers to Punjab of Pakistan * East Punjab, a former province and state of India (1947–1966) * Patiala and East Punjab States Union (1948–1956), a former state of India * East Punjab Circuit, a Hindi film distribution circuit in India See also * Eastern Punjabi (other) *Western Punjab (other) Western Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, Pakistan, mostly used in contexts where Eastern Punjab refers to Punjab of India * West Punjab, a former province of the dominion of Pakistan * The western geographic region of Greater Punjab excluding the L ... * Punjab (other) {{geodis ...
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Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territory, union territories of Chandigarh to the east and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, a Pakistani province, province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it List of states and union territories of India by area, the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th largest, if UTs are considered). With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is List of states and union territories of ...
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East Punjab
East Punjab (known simply as Punjab from 1950) was a province and later a state of India from 1947 until 1966, consisting of the parts of the Punjab Province of British India that went to India following the partition of the province between India and Pakistan by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab, later renamed as Punjab Province, while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern parts went to India. History Partition of India With the partition of the British Indian Empire, the Punjab province was to be divided in two as per the Indian Independence Act passed by the parliament of the United Kingdom. The province as constituted under the Government of India Act 1935 ceased to exist and two new provinces were to be constituted, to be known respectively as West Punjab & East Punjab. The princely states of the Punjab region (which had not been British possessions, so could not be partitioned by the British ...
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Patiala And East Punjab States Union
Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') constructed by the Sidhu Jat chieftain Ala Singh, who founded the royal dynasty of Patiala State in 1763, and after whom the city is named. In popular culture, the city remains famous for its traditional '' Patiala shahi'' turban (a type of headgear), ''paranda'' (a tasselled tag for braiding hair), ''Patiala salwar'' (a type of female trousers), ''jutti'' (a type of footwear) and Patiala peg (a measure of liquor). Patiala is also known as Patiala - The Royal City and Patiala - The Beautiful City. Etymology 'Patiala' comes from the roots ''pati'' and ''ala'', the former is local word for a "strip of land" and '''ala''' comes from the name of the founder of the city, Baba Ala Singh. So, 'Patiala' can be translated into English to mean ‘the land ...
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East Punjab Circuit
Hindi film distribution circuits comprises territories which have been created by film distributors for releasing Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ... or ''Hindustani cinema'' (as it was earlier known) across India. The six distribution circuits were created in 1930s after the advent of the first talkie in 1931. These circuits were: * Bombay circuit * Eastern circuit * Delhi-U.P. circuit, * C.P.-C.I.-Rajasthan circuit * Punjab circuit * South circuit Presently territories for distribution of Hindi films are divided into eleven territories. These are. Amongst the above territories Bombay circuit is considered by the distributors as having potential for maximum earnings. An additional territory known as overseas territory also exists. However, Hindi movi ...
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Eastern Punjabi (other)
Eastern Punjabi may refer to: *the standard form of the Punjabi language as used in India (rather than Pakistan) *the eastern Punjabi dialects spoken in both India and Pakistan See also * Eastern Punjab (other) * Western Punjabi (other) * Indian Punjabi (other) * Punjabi (other) Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Western Punjab (other)
Western Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, Pakistan, mostly used in contexts where Eastern Punjab refers to Punjab of India * West Punjab, a former province of the dominion of Pakistan * The western geographic region of Greater Punjab excluding the Lahore region (Central Punjab) See also * Western Punjabi (other) *Eastern Punjab (other) Eastern Punjab may refer to: * Punjab, India, mostly used in contexts where Western Punjab refers to Punjab of Pakistan * East Punjab, a former province of the dominion of India See also * Eastern Punjabi (other) Eastern Punjabi may re ...