Punjab
About Punjab State
The word Punjab is made up of two Persian words- Panj and Aab. Panj means five and Aab means water.
This name was probably given to this land possibly in an era when this region came into close contact with Persia.
The Punjab was known as land of fiver rivers because of the five rivers that ran through Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Chenab.
In 1947 when India was divided into two parts – Pakistan and India, half of the Punjab became part of Pakistan.
Five rivers were divided between India and Pakistan.
Sutlej, Beas and Ravi is in India ( two rivers Beas and Sutlej flows in Punjab). Punjab is in northwest India and has an area of 50.362 square kilometres (19,445 sq mt). It extends from the latitudes 29.30 North to 32.32°. North and longitudes 73.55 East to 76.50East.
Punjab is bounded on the west by Pakistan, on the north by Jammu and Kashmir, on the northeast by Himachal Pradesh and on the south by Haryana and Rajasthan. It shares its border with Pakistan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Physically, the state may be divided in to two parts; sub-Shivalik Strip and Sutlej-Ghaggar Plain. The Sub-Shivalik strip covers the upper portion of Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur district. The Sutlej- Ghaggar plain embraces the other districts of Punjab.
DISTRICTS OF PUNJAB
1. Hoshiarpur
2. Jalandhar
3. Amritsar
4. Barnala (Least populated Dist.)
5. Bathinda (The Railway Junction in
Bathinda is the largest in Asia)
6. Faridkot
7. Fatehgarh Sahib
8. Fazilka
9. Sangrur
10. Pathankot
11. Ferozpur (Largest District)
12. Gurdaspur
13. Ludhiana (Most populated Distt.)
14. Mansa
15. Moga
16.Ajitgarh(also known as Mohali/S.A.S.Nagar)
17. Ropar (Roopnagar)
18. Sri Muktsar Sahib
19. Shahid Bhagar Singh Nagar (first known as Nawan Shahr)
20. Patiala
21. Tarn Taran
22. Malerkotla
23. Mohali (SAS)
TEHSILS IN LUDHIANA
1. Ludhiana East
2. Ludhiana West
3. Jagraon
4.Samrala
5. Khanna
6. Payal
7. Raikot
AIRPORTS IN PUNJAB
1. Bathinda Airport
2. Pathankot Airport
3. Patiala Airport
4. Sahnewal Airport, Ludhiana
5. Chandigarh Airport
6. Guru Ram Das Airport, Amritsar (Largest and most important airport in State and is also the second busiest in North India after Delhi Airport)
