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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Punjab:

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

– state in North India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state capital is located in Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. After the partition of India in 1947, the Punjab province of British India was divided between India and Pakistan. The Indian Punjab was divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh alongside the current state of Punjab. Punjab is the only Sikh majority state in India. Seal_of_Punjab

General reference

Names

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* Nickname(s): * Adjectival(s):

Punjabi 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 ...

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Punjabis The Punjabis ( Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Panjābīs), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The ...

Rankings (amongst India's states)

* by population: 16th * by area (2011 census): 20th * by crime rate (2015): 24th * by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 14th * by Human Development Index (HDI): * by life expectancy at birth: * by literacy rate:

Geography of Punjab, India

Geography of Punjab, India * Punjab is: an

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Area of Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...

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Location of Punjab, India

* Punjab is situated within the following regions: **

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Punjab region Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the I ...

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Environment of Punjab, India

Natural geographic features of Punjab, India

* Lakes in Punjab, India ** Harike Wetland **

Kanjli Wetland Kanjli Wetland is a man-made Wetland that subsumes the Kanjli Lake, and is located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state in India. It was created in 1870 by constructing the headworks across the perennial Bien River, a tributary of the Beas ...

Ropar Wetland Ropar Wetland, also named Ropar Lake, is a man-made freshwater riverine and Lake, lacustrine wetland. The area has at least 9 mammal, 154 bird (migratory and local), 35 fish, 9 arthropod, 11 rotifer, 9 crustacean and 10 protozoan species, making ...

Regions of Punjab, India

Regions of Punjab, India * Majha *

Malwa Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also syno ...

* Doaba * Powadh

Ecoregions of Punjab, India

Administrative divisions of Punjab, India

= Districts of Punjab, India

Districts of Punjab, India A district of the Punjab (India), Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District magistrate, District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District ...

Amritsar district Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous distr ...

Barnala district Barnala is one of the districts of Indian state of Punjab. It was carved out of Sangrur district. It is a centrally located district bordered by Ludhiana district on the north, Moga district on northwest, Bathinda district on west and by Sangrur ...

Bathinda district Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana District. It is bounded by Faridkot district and Moga ...

* Faridkot district *

Fatehgarh Sahib district Fatehgarh Sahib district is one of the twenty-three districts of the state of Punjab, India, with its headquarters in the town of Fatehgarh Sahib. The district came into existence on 13April 1992, Baisakhi Day and derives its name from Sahib ...

* Fazilka district *

Firozpur district Firozpur district, also known as Ferozepur district, is one of the twenty-three districts in the state of Punjab, India. Firozpur district comprises an area of . Firozpur (Ferozepur) is the capital city of the district. It is situated inside t ...

* Gurdaspur district *

Hoshiarpur district Hoshiarpur district is a district of Punjab, India, Punjab state in northern India. Hoshiarpur, one of the oldest districts of Punjab, is located in the North-east part of the Punjab state and shares common boundaries with Gurdaspur district in ...

* Jalandhar district * Kapurthala district *

Ludhiana district Ludhiana district is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is Punjab's largest district by both area and population. Ludhiana, the largest city in Punjab, is the district headquarters. The main industries are ...

* Mansa district * Moga district * Mohali district *

Pathankot district Pathankot district, is the northernmost district of the Indian state of Punjab. Pathankot city is the district headquarters. The district was created on 27 July 2011. Etymology The original name of Pathankot was ''Paithan'' during the Mughal ...

Patiala district Patiala district is one of the twenty three districts in the state of Punjab in north-west India. Patiala district lies between 38 47’ and 39 41’ north latitude, 115 58’ and 116 54' east longitude, in the southeast part of the state. I ...

Rupnagar district Rupnagar district is one of twenty-two districts in the state of Punjab, India. The city of Rupnagar is said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen. It is also the ...

Sangrur district Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. Sangrur city is the district headquarters. It is one of the five districts in Patiala Division in the Indian state of Punjab. Neighbouring districts are Malerkotla (north), Barnala ...

* Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district *

Sri Muktsar Sahib district Sri Muktsar Sahib district, colloquially known by the city's former name Muktsar; is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab. The city was renamed from Muktsar to Sri Muktsar Sahib. The district itself was historically referred as ...

Tarn Taran district Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2 ...

= Municipalities of Punjab, India

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Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

– Union Territory, and not part of Punjab. It also serves as the capital of Haryana. * Cities of Punjab, India **

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, 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, Patiala, Qila Mubarak ...

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth l ...

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a Municipal corporations in India, municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the ...

Mohali Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab (India), Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Moh ...

** Batala **

Pathankot Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal cor ...

** Moga

Demography of Punjab, India

Demographics of Punjab, India According to the 2011 Census of India, Punjab, India has a population of around 27.7 million. Caste population As of September 2020, the caste population data for each upper caste citizen in Punjab collected in ''Socio Economic and Caste Censu ...

Government and politics of Punjab, India

Politics of Punjab *

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of representative democracy) *

of Punjab: Capital of Punjab *

Elections in Punjab, India Elections in Punjab (India), Punjab, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Punjab creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legis ...

* Political issues in Punjab, India **

Punjabi nationalism Punjabi nationalism or Punjabiyat is a vision that emphasizes that Punjabis are one nation and promotes the cultural unity of Punjabis around the world. The demands of the Punjabi nationalist movement are linguistic, cultural, economic and ...

Union government in Punjab, India

* Rajya Sabha members from Punjab *

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or Punjab PCC), formerly known as the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in colonial India, is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. On 9 April 2022, Amrinder Singh Raja Warri ...

* Indian general election, 2009 (Punjab) * Indian general election, 2014 (Punjab)

Branches of the government of Punjab, India

Government of Punjab, India The Government of Punjab, also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor ...

Executive branch of the government of Punjab, India

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: Chief Minister of Punjab, India, * Council of Ministers of Punjab, India

Legislative branch of the government of Punjab, India

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directl ...

* Constituencies of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Punjab, India

* Punjab and Haryana High Court ** Chief Justice of Punjab, India

Law and order in Punjab, India

Human rights in Punjab, India From 1984 to 1994, the state of Punjab in northern India was engaged in a power struggle between the militant secessionist Khalistan movement and Indian security forces. The Indian government responded to the escalating Punjab insurgency by laun ...

* Law enforcement in Punjab, India **

Punjab Police (India) The Punjab Police (abbreviated as PP) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the state of Punjab, India. Punjab Police has a broad array of specialized services, including the prevention and detection of ...

History of Punjab, India

History of Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and R ...

History of the Punjab The History of Punjab refers to the past human history of Punjab region which is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, comprising eastern Pakistan and Punjab state in India. It is believe ...

History of Punjab, by period

Prehistoric Punjab, India

Ancient Punjab, India

* King Porus

Medieval Punjab, India

* Pre-Ghaznavid history of Punjab

Colonial Punjab, India

Contemporary Punjab, India

History of Punjab, by region

History of Punjab, by subject

Culture of Punjab, India

Culture of Punjab, India * Aawat pauni * Architecture of Punjab, India * Calendars in Punjab, India **

Punjabi calendar The Punjabi calendar ( Punjabi: , ) is a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people in Punjab and around the world, but varies by religions. Historically, the Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus have used the Nanakshahi calendar and ancient Bikra ...

** Nanakshahi calendar **

Bikrami calendar Vikram Samvat ( IAST: ''Vikrama Samvat''; abbreviated VS) or Bikram Sambat B.S. and also known as the Vikrami calendar, is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent. Vikram Samvat is generally 57 years ahead of Gregorian Calen ...

* Monuments in Punjab ** Monuments of National Importance in Punjab, India ** State Protected Monuments in Punjab, India *

Punjabi wedding traditions Punjabi wedding traditions are a strong reflection of Punjabi culture with ritual, song, dance, food, and dress that have evolved over centuries. Pre-wedding traditions Rokka (pre-engagement) Roka is one of the most significant ceremonies that ...

* World Heritage Sites in Punjab

Art in Punjab, India

* Art in Punjab, India * Cinema of Punjab, India ** Punjabi cinema *** Indian Punjabi films ***

Punjabi-language films Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab, Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first lan ...

* Dance of Punjab, India ** Folk dances of Punjab *** Bhangra * Literature of Punjab, India ** Punjabi literature *** Punjabi authors *** Punjabi folklore ***

Punjabi Wikipedia The Punjabi Wikipedia ( pa, (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ (Gurmukhi)) is the Punjabi language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. There are two Punjabi Wikipedia editions viz. Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (in ...

Music of Punjab Music of Punjab ( Punjabi: پنجاب دی موسیقی ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਾ ਸੰਗੀਤ ) reflects the traditions of the Punjab region of the Subcontinent, with East Punjab in India, and West Punjab in Pakistan. The Punjab has diverse ...

** Bhangra **

Folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

** Punjabi singers * Television in Punjab, India ** Punjabi-language television channels * Theatre in Punjab, India

Cuisine of Punjab, India

* Cuisine of Punjab, India ** Punjabi cuisine ***

Punjabi bhathi The Punjabi bhathi () is an oven used in the Punjab region. The bhathi is similar to a masonry oven. Design The traditional Punjabi bhathis used in the Punjab region are constructed as follows: a hole is dug in the ground and a cylindrical openin ...

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Punjabi dhaba A dhaba is a roadside restaurant in the Indian subcontinent, primarily across Pakistan and India. They are on highways, generally serve local cuisine, and also serve as truck stops. They are most commonly found next to petrol stations, and mo ...

– roadside restaurant or cafe featuring Punjabi cuisine ***

Punjabi tandoor Punjabi tandoori cooking was born out of the clay oven known as the tandoor. According to Macveigh 008the Punjab tandoor originated in the local region. It is a clay oven and is traditionally used to cook Punjabi cuisine, from the Punjab region i ...

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Dress in Punjab, India

Punjabi clothing the ancient Punjabi region, people wore cotton clothing. Both men and women wore knee-length tops. A scarf was worn over the tops which would be draped over the left shoulder and under the right. A large sheet would be further draped over one s ...

** Jutti **

Patiala salwar A Patiala salwar (also called a pattian walee salwar) (also pronounced as ''shalwar'' in Urdu) is a type of female trousers which has its roots in Patiala City in the Northern region of Punjab state in India. The King of Patiala in earlier ti ...

Phulkari Phulkari ( pa, ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ) refers to the folk embroidery of the Punjab. Although Phulkari means floral work, the designs include not only flowers but also cover motifs and geometrical shapes. The main characteristics of Phulkari embr ...

Punjabi ghagra The Punjabi ghagra () is a four-piece outfit known as tewar or 'ti-or' which was traditionally worn by Punjabi women throughout the Punjab region with the outfit comprising a head scarf (Phulkari), kurta or kurti, ghagra (long skirt) and either a ...

Punjabi Tamba and Kurta Punjabi Kurta and Tamba are traditional costume for men of Punjab. Punjabi Tamba Tamba/Tehmet The tamba, which is also called tehmat is the Punjabi version of the lungi which has folds at the front and is the traditional dress for Punjabi men ...

** Salwar (Punjabi) Suit

Fairs and festivals in Punjab, India

Fairs and festivals in Punjab, India *

Punjabi festivals Punjabi festivals are various festive celebrations observed by Punjabis in Pakistan, India and the diaspora Punjabi community found worldwide. The Punjabis are a diverse group of people from different religious background that affects the festiva ...

** Lohri **

Basant Kite Festival (Punjab) Basant is a spring time kite flying event during the Basant Panchami festival in the Punjab. It falls on Basant, also called Basant Panchami. According to the Punjabi calendar it is held on the fifth day of lunar month of Magha (in late Januar ...

** Maghi **

Holi, Punjab Holi (), also known as the Festival of Colours, the Festival of Spring, and the Festival of Love,The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...". is an ancient Hindu religious festival ...

Teeyan Teeyan ( pa, ਤੀਆਂ) is the regional name of the festival of Teej which is celebrated throughout Punjab which is dedicated to the onset of the monsoon and focuses on daughters and sisters. Celebration The festival is celebrated during the m ...

Rakhri Punjabi festivals are various festive celebrations observed by Punjabis in Pakistan, India and the diaspora Punjabi community found worldwide. The Punjabis are a diverse group of people from different religious background that affects the festiva ...

Vaisakhi Vaisakhi ( Punjabi: ), also pronounced Baisakhi, marks the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 April as a celebration of spring harvest primarily in Northern India. Further, o ...

* Religious festivals ** Hindu Punjabi Festivals ** Hindu festivals in the Punjab ** Sikh festivals

Languages in Punjab, India

Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...

** Alphabets used to write Punjabi ***

Shahmukhi alphabet Shahmukhi (, ) is a Perso-Arabic alphabet script used historically by Punjabi Muslims (primarily in present-day Pakistani Punjab) to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, which is also used for ...

(used mostly by Muslims) ***

Gurmukhī alphabet Gurmukhī ( pa, ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). It is used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the language, commonly re ...

(used mostly by Sikhs and Hindus) **

Punjabi dialects The Punjabi dialects and languages or Punjabic are a series of dialects and languages spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India with varying degrees of official recognition. They have sometimes been referred to as ''Greater Punjabi''. ...

*** Eastern Punjabi **

Punjabi grammar Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language native to the region of Punjab of Pakistan and India and spoken by the Punjabi people. This page discusses the grammar of Modern Standard Punjabi as defined by the relevant sources below (see #Further reading). ...

** History of the Punjabi language

People of Punjab, India

** Punjabi diaspora **

Punjabi Hindus Punjabi Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. While Punjabi Hindus are mostly found in the Indian state of Punjab today, many have ancestry from the greater Punjab region ...

Punjabi Muslims Punjabi Muslims ( pa, ) are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Primarily geographically native to the Punjab province of Pakistan today, many have ancestry in the entire Punjab region, ...

Rajputs Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

Punjabi tribes This is a list of Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes and castes located within the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent—including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments. A * Atwal * Ad-Dharmi ...

People from Punjab, India A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...

Religion in Punjab, India

Religion in Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...

* Buddhism in Punjab, India * Christianity in Punjab, India * Hinduism in Punjab, India *

Islam in Punjab, India Islam is a minority religion in Punjab, India followed by 5.35 lakhs people comprising about 1.93% of the state population out of 27.7 million population as of 2011 census report. Islam has a strong historical presence in Punjab with many mosque ...

Punjabi folk religion Folk practices prevalent in Punjab incorporate local mysticism and refers to the beliefs and practices strictly indigenous to the Punjabi people, of the Punjab region including ancestral worship, veneration of saints, and local festivals. There are ...

** Sanjhi ** Gugga **

Chhapar Mela Chhapar Mela is celebrated in the village of Chhapar in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab, India every year in September. This mela (fair), held in the memory of Gugga is one of the most popular and spectacular festivals of the Malwa belt of Pu ...

** Sakhi Sarwar Saint **

Punjabi fasts Punjabi festivals are various festive celebrations observed by Punjabis in Pakistan, India and the diaspora Punjabi community found worldwide. The Punjabis are a diverse group of people from different religious background that affects the festiva ...

Sikhism in Punjab, India Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...

Sports in Punjab, India

Sports in Punjab, India Punjabis play a wide variety of sports and games, ranging from modern games such as hockey and cricket, to the more traditional games such as Kabaddi, Kushtian (wrestling) and Khuddo khoondi (similar to hockey). There are over 100 traditional ...

Cricket in Punjab, India Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by strikin ...

Punjab Cricket Association Punjab Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the state of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India and the Punjab cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Curren ...

Punjab cricket team (India) The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they ...

Football in Punjab, India Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Punjab Football Association Punjab Football Association (PFA), formerly the North-West India Football Association, is the state governing body of association football, football in Punjab, India. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national g ...

Punjab football team The Punjab football team is an Indian football team representing Punjab in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 14 times, and have won the trophy 8 times. Honours * Sa ...

Kila Raipur Sports Festival Qila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Qila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India. Competitions are held for major Punjabi rural sports, include cart-race, athletic events and rope pulling. I ...

* Punjabi Kabaddi

Symbols of Punjab, India

Symbols of Punjab, India * State animal: * State bird: * State flower: * State seal: Seal of Punjab, India * State tree:

Economy and infrastructure of Punjab, India

Economy of Punjab, India * Agriculture in Punjab, India * Banking in Punjab, India * Communications in Punjab, India ** Internet in Punjab, India **

Punjabi-language newspapers Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab, Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first lan ...

* Companies of Punjab, India *

Currency A currency, "in circulation", from la, currens, -entis, literally meaning "running" or "traversing" is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general def ...

of Punjab: * Economic history of Punjab, India * Health care in Punjab, India * Mining in Punjab, India * Punjab Stock Exchange *

Tourism in Punjab, India The state of Punjab is renowned for its cuisine, culture and history. Punjab has a vast public transportation and communication network. Punjab receives many religious tourists, as the state is home to some of the holiest places in Sikhis ...

* Water supply and sanitation in Punjab, India ** Canals in Punjab, India ***

Sutlej Yamuna link canal Satluj Yamuna Link Canal or SYL as it is popularly known, is an under-construction long canal in India to connect the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers.

*** Indira Gandhi Canal *** Buddha Nullah Sirhind Canal

Energy in Punjab, India

* Hydro-electric power stations in Punjab, India ** Bhakra Hydro-electric power station ** Shanan Hydro-electric power station ** Shang Hydro-electric power station * Thermal power stations in Punjab, India ** Bhatinda thermal power station ** Rover thermal power station ** Dehar thermal power station ** Gurunanak thermal project

Transport in Punjab, India

Transport in Punjab, India *

Airports in Punjab, India An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Rail transport in Punjab, India Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

** Railways in Punjab, India *** Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala *** Patiala Locomotive Works, Patiala * Vehicular transport in Punjab, India ** State highways in Punjab, India ** Bridges in Punjab, India *** Ravi bridge (Pathankot & Jammu): Length:2,800 feet. *** Alegjandria bridge (Chenab): Length:9,088 feet. *** Sutlej bridge : Length:4,210 feet.

Education in Punjab, India

Education in Punjab, India Punjab has a long history of education. Primary and secondary education The Indian government lays emphasis on the primary education up to the age of fourteen years, referred to as elementary education in India. It has been a fundamental right ...

* Punjab School Education Board * Institutions of higher education in Punjab, India **

Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...