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The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian دو آب (do āb "two water") meaning "land of two rivers". [3] The river Sutlej separates Doaba from the Malwa region to its south and the river Beas separates Doaba from the Majha region to its north. Scheduled castes form more than 40% of the population in Doaba. This area is also called ...
Doab (English: / ˈ d oʊ ɑː b /) is a term used in South Asia [1] for the tract [2] [1] of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. [3] In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor defines it as from Persian do-āb (دوآب, literally "two [bodies of] water") "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers."
Map of the Lahore Division in 1850–55, comprising the Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Lahore, Sialkot, and Gujranwala, usually included in the Majha region. [1] The Majha region is called the "Sword Arm of the Country", due to it contributing disproportionately to the Officer as well as Orderly ranks of the Armies of both India and Pakistan ...
Rahon is a town and a municipal council in the district Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of the Indian state of Punjab.Rahon is in Doaba region of Punjab.Doaba also known as Bist Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River.
Sindh Sagar Doab (Punjabi: سندھ ساگر دوآب, romanized: Sindh Sāgar Do'āb), sometimes shortened as Sagar Doab, is a tract of land in the Punjab region, lying between the Indus and Jhelum rivers, in present-day Pakistan. It, administratively, covers a huge portion of the western areas of the Punjab province and eastern Hazara ...
Rachna Doab (Punjabi: رچنا دوآب) can be classified as one of the main regions of Punjab, Pakistan. [1] Punjab historically has been divided into regions based on its various rivers, since the name Punjab is based on its five main rivers.
The Ghaggar river flows through the Puadh region The Punjab ("Five Rivers" and Ghaggar river); a physical map from "Companion Atlas to the Gazeteer of The World Puadh ( IAST : [puādha], sometimes anglicized as Poadh or Powadh ) is a historic region in north India that comprises parts of present-day Punjab , Haryana , Uttar Pradesh , Himachal ...
With a considerable population, it ranks as the third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the historical Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected junction for both rail and road networks. The National Highway 1 (NH1), crosses Jalandhar, further enhancing its connectivity.