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The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services. There are 23 Districts in Punjab, after Malerkotla district bifurcated from Sangrur district as the 23rd district on 14 May 2021. [1]
Hussaini Brahmins are a sect within the Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab region. [1] The Mohyal community comprises seven sub-clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan and Vaid. However, as consistent with their Hindu tradition, they have adopted non-Indic traditions.
Central University of Punjab; Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Guru Ravidas Ayurved University, Hoshiarpur; IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, [1] Jalandhar; Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala; Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, [2 ...
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; [8] Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the ...
278,747 [1] (2017) 32 Sonipat: State of Haryana India: 277,053 [8] (2011) 33 Kāmoke Province of Punjab Pakistan — 249,767 [1] (2017) 34 Hafizabad Province of Punjab Pakistan — 245,784 [1] (2017) 35 Sadiqabad Province of Punjab Pakistan — 239,677 [1] (2017) 36 Burewala Province of Punjab Pakistan — 231,797 [1] (2017) 37 Khanewal ...
The term "Punjab" came into currency during the reign of Akbar in the late sixteenth century. [43] [33] [34] Though the name Punjab is of Persian origin, its two parts (پنج, panj, 'five' and آب, āb, 'water') are cognates of the Sanskrit words, पञ्च, pañca, 'five' and अप्, áp, 'water', of the same meaning.
Three years after the original suspect in a nearly 40-year-old double murder was exonerated based on DNA evidence and freed from prison after 20 years, a Georgia man has been arrested and charged ...
The states that form this region at present include Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Union Territory of Chandigarh, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The religious demography according to the 1971 census for the contemporary state of Punjab, India is shown below, broken down by district with an overall total.