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East Punjab

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noun

  1. the eastern part of the former province of Punjab, in British India: now part of Punjab state, India.

Other Word Forms

  • East Punjabi adjective

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Five million Sikhs abandoned their ancestral homes in west Pakistan and fled to the East Punjab, and an equal number of Moslems fled westward.

From Time Magazine Archive

About one-seventh of Travancore, half of the Central Provinces, portions of the United Provinces and the East Punjab are experimenting with liquor bans.

From Time Magazine Archive

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