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The undivided Punjab, of which Punjab (Pakistan) forms a major region today, was home to a large minority population of Sikhs and Hindus unto 1947 apart from the Muslim majority. [213] The Gurdaspur district which is partially now part of the Indian state of Punjab had a slight Muslim majority (50.2% according to the 1941 census ) prior to the ...
The region was originally called Sapta Sindhu Rivers, [2] the Vedic land of the seven rivers originally: Saraswati, Indus, Sutlej, Jehlum, Chenab, Ravi, and Beas. [3] The Sanskrit name for the region, as mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata for example, was Pañcanada which means literally "Five Waters", and was translated from Sanskrit to Farsi as Panj-Âb after the Islamic conquests.
Western Punjab Eastern Punjab Mathura; 200–190 BC Demetrius I: 190–185 BC Euthydemus II: 190–180 BC Agathocles: Pantaleon: 185–170 BC Antimachus I: 180–160 BC Apollodotus I: 175–170 BC Demetrius II: 160–155 BC Antimachus II: 170–145 BC Eucratides: 155–130 BC Yuezhi occupation, loss of Ai-Khanoum: Eucratides II Plato Heliocles ...
The Punjab emerged as an important agricultural region, especially following the Green Revolution during the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, and has been described as the "breadbasket of both India and Pakistan." [3] Punjab's history is a tapestry of conflict, marked by the rise of indigenous dynasties and empires.
Before reorganisation of Punjab (1947–1966) 1 Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889-1966) (University) 15 August 1947 13 April 1949: 1 year, 241 days Indian National Congress: 1946: Interim Assembly: C M Trivedi: 2 Bhim Sen Sachar (1894-1978) (Lahore City) 13 April 1949 [b] 18 October 1949: 188 days (1) Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889-1966) (University) 18 ...
The Sikh population, after the partition of Punjab, had become a majority population in a contiguous, strategic land area for the first time in its history, [25] [26]: 369 with a new socio-political position, [9] [21] This enabled the Akali Dal to focus on expressing unencumbered Sikh political needs, free from the politics of the former Muslim ...
Plutarch as well as many other scholars suggest that Jainism was the most ancient and original religion in Punjab.Lahore was the cultural centre of Jainism. A book written by Plutarch, Life of Alexander talks about the encounters between Alexander the Great and digambara Jain saints called gymnosophists. [5]
Punjab Province with the northernmost Rawalpindi Division highlighted in cyan. In the 1946 Punjab provincial election, the Muslim League (ML) won 75 of the 86 Muslim seats in the province and emerged as the biggest party, but failed to win any non-Muslim ones and fell short of the magic figure in the 175 seat assembly.