Punjab
a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
a state in NW India. 47,456 sq. mi. (122,911 sq. km). Capital: Chandigarh.
a province in NE Pakistan. 19,445 sq. mi. (50,362 sq. km). Capital: Lahore.
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Also in April, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled against the expansion of the cement industry, which is terrible for the climate, in certain areas of Punjab.
Taptej grew up in a multigenerational home on a farm in Punjab in northern India.
At home, tiki bars and beer caves shielded them from life’s troubles. They were killed at work. | Faiz Siddiqui, Silvia Foster-Frau, Marc Fisher | May 27, 2021 | Washington PostHe worked as a farmer in Punjab, but like so many others at the time, his family was losing opportunities in India.
Between February and March, genetic testing showed that the variant became dominant in India’s northern state of Punjab, appearing in 326 of 401 sequenced viral samples.
How India’s COVID-19 crisis became the worst in the world | Priyanka Runwal | May 9, 2021 | Science NewsToll plazas in Punjab—sites of permanent sit-ins by farmers protesting against the new farm laws—have been closed for months, free for vehicles to pass through without paying any fee.
Six months and counting: Where is India’s farmer protest headed? | Arunabh Saikia | March 2, 2021 | Quartz
The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.
As a reporter for a newspaper in Punjab, she covered dozens of cases of acid attacks and domestic violence.
If the flames of separatism in Punjab seemed to be simmering, the secessionist strife in Kashmir was just peaking.
Farewell to Manmohan Singh, India’s Puppet Prime Minister | Kapil Komireddi | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWaris, who was born in Punjab, sports a turban in the arresting ads.
Is Lady Gaga the New Face of Versace?; See a Sneak Peek of Kate Moss's 'Playboy' Debut | The Fashion Beast Team | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSikhism is a monotheistic religion that was founded in Punjab, India, in the 15th century.
The Punjab up in arms whole of the Punjab revolted and a holy war was proclaimed against England.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonHe made himself lord of nearly all the present territory of Afghanistan and of the Punjab.
One day when he was hunting in the Punjab, he saw a mother monkey carrying a little dead baby monkey.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersIn the Punjab, conditions were at the same time most serious, giving rise to expectations of armed intervention there.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonAfter due deliberation the British government determined to annex the Punjab.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
British Dictionary definitions for Punjab
/ (pʌnˈdʒɑːb, ˈpʌndʒɑːb) /
(formerly) a province in NW British India: divided between India and Pakistan in 1947
a state of NW India: reorganized in 1966 as a Punjabi-speaking state, a large part forming the new state of Haryana; mainly agricultural. Capital: Chandigarh. Pop: 24 289 296 (2001). Area: 50 255 sq km (19 403 sq miles)
a province of W Pakistan: created in 1947. Capital: Lahore. Pop: 82 710 000 (2003 est). Area: 205 344 sq km (127 595 sq miles)
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