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Introduction
Punjab is a region of the northwest Indian subcontinent. It is
made up of two Persian words -Panj- and -Aab- where Panj
means five and Aab means water. It is called land of five rivers
that ran through it. They are Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and
Chenab.
Punjab is surrounded 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.
Evidence of life in the Punjab region was discovered in 7000 B.C. In
3000 BC, life grew in and around the Indus Valley, which gave rise
to the Indus Valley civilisation. There was growth of historic cities
like Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. Punjab was continuously being
attacked by the Persians The Persian King Gustasp conquered in
516 BC. Punjab became the wealthiest province of the Persian
kingdom. Greeks, the strong competitors of the Persians, also eyed
Punjab territory.
British entered Punjab in 1845 and moved to the Sutlej frontier.
British and Sikh troops engaged in the First Anglo-Sikh War
near Ferozepur. The war ended the following year and the
territory between the Sutlej and the Beas fell into the hands of
the British rule, along with Kashmir. As per the Peace Treaty
and the Treaty of Lahore, Punjab was totally annexed by the
British East India Company and Dhalip Singh, the minor Sikh
ruler, was pensioned off. The black day of the Jalianwala Bagh
Massacre occurred at Amritsar, in 1919. It agitated the Sikhs to
revolt against the tyranny of the colonial rule. The 1940 Lahore
Resolution of the Muslim League made Punjab the centre of a
bloodier struggle.
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In 1946, communal tensions erupted between the majority
Muslims of Punjab and the Hindu and Sikh minorities. The British
Punjab province, which forms the present day Punjab province of
Pakistan and the Punjab of India were partitioned in 1947. The
Indian state of Punjab has never seen back after independence.
The Green Revolution in the 1960s swept the land and developed
to become the bread and butter of the country. Punjab has grown
ever since. Today, it is amongst the popular tourist destinations of
the country as well.
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