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Patiala and East Punjab States Union
Patiala and East Punjab States Union , former union of states, 10,099 sq mi (26,156 sq km), NW India. The capital was Patiala (1991 pop. 253,706). Comprising six former princely states, it was the only area in India in which the Sikhs had a majority. It was merged with Punjab state in 1956.
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Inter-provincial Games Punjab continues to dominate on day two.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 11/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...PESHAWAR, November 10 (THE NATION): Punjab dominated again on the second day of the...Complex here on Monday. The players from Punjab made a clean sweep by winning 20 gold...Hurdles: Razia Khan-Sindh, Sadia Iqbal-Punjab, Aneela Gul- NWFP Discus Throw: Madiha...
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Punjab complete hat-trick as Games end in tears.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 11/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...PESHAWAR, November 11 (THE NATION): Punjab completed a hat-trick by winning the...Complex on Tuesday. In the overall games, Punjab secured 3642 points with 81 gold medals...and 37 bronze medals. Madiha Lateef of Punjab was declared best athlete of the games...
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Punjab blast catches security agencies napping
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/15/2007; 674 words
; Ludhiana/Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- Punjab's hard-earned peace was shattered by the blast...festival season. What has left the security agencies in Punjab baffled is the fact that Punjab was not even included in the 'hit-list' of states...
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Punjab food officials accused of 'foul play'.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 8/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...provincial government seems helpless before the Punjab Food Department officials highhandedness...traders at the border checkpoints linking Punjab with the NWFP. According to details, some officials of the Punjab Food Department are harassing the flour...
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Punjab cabinet expansion on the cards.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 2/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...be described another wise step to save Punjab coalition, following a meeting between PM Gilani and Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif, the political alliance...with 60:40 power-sharing formula in Punjab. Confirming the development, Senior Minister...
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Punjab humiliate Mumbai in low-scoring thriller.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...from JP Duminy went in vain as Kings XI Punjab pipped Mumbai Indians by three runs in...not prove to be enough in the end as the Punjab bowlers held their nerves to keep their team's IPL campaign on track. Kings XI Punjab will thank pacer Yusuf Abdulla who bowled...
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Punjab and the Difficulties Confronting Sikhs
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 9/8/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Kuldip Nayar India Abroad 09-08-1995 Punjab and the Difficulties Confronting Sikhs...Surjit Singh Barnala, who came to power in Punjab in the wake of the accord, would have...was so horrified over the militancy in Punjab that it was willing to concede more at...
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Punjab Cabinet members call on NWFP CM.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 11/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...On the special instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Ch. Pervaiz Elahi, six members of Punjab Cabinet including Ministers for Health, Education...message of the Chief Minister and people of Punjab expressing sentiments of sympathies and solidarity...
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Punjab's approval on Granth.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/16/2007; 700+ words
; Punjab's approval on Granth Chandigarh, Dec 16 (PTI) The Punjab Government today approved the law for prevention of...presentation of a Bill in the forthcoming session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, he said. In another significant decision...
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Punjab refuses to lift substandard wheat.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 10/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...LAHORE October 20 (THE NATION): -The Punjab govt has refused to lift substandard imported...the wheat, it is learnt on Monday. The Punjab Food Department received confirmed reports...last seven days. The contractors of the Punjab Food Department rushed to the dryport...
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Punjab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Punjab [Pers.,=five rivers], historic region...of the east. The five rivers that give Punjab its name, the Jhelum, the Chenab, the...forested mountains yielding salt and coal, the Punjab is a level alluvial plain. Rainfall is...
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Patiala and East Punjab States Union
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Patiala and East Punjab States Union , former union of states, 10,099 sq mi (26,156 sq km), NW India. The capital...states, it was the only area in India in which the Sikhs had a majority. It was merged with Punjab state in 1956.
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Punjabis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...PRONUNCIATION: puhn-JAHB-eez LOCATION: Pakistan (Punjab province); India (Punjab state) LANGUAGE: Punjabi RELIGION: Hinduism...in the northwest of the Indian sub-continent. Punjab comes from the Persian words panj (five) and...
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Punjabi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...signifies both an inhabitant of the Punjab and a speaker of the predominant Language...five," and ab, "river." The Punjab is defined by the Indus River and the...between two converging rivers. Culturally, Punjab actually extends southward still more...
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Ranjit Singh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Singh (1780-1839) was a ruler of the Punjab. His kingdom was so powerful that friendship with this "Lion of the Punjab" remained for 3 decades the sheet anchor...which ruled the greater part of the Punjab. Ranjit came into his own after the...
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