short note on punjab part 1
All major fact about Punjab.
1) Punjab is known as sapta sindhu region mentioned in rig
veda. 1) saraswati (ghaggar) 2) vipasa(beas) 3) Satadru (Sutlej) 4) Asikani
(Chenab) 5) Iravti (Ravi) 6) Viasta (Jhelum) 7) Sindhu (Indus).
2)In Around 800-400BEC Punjab is known as Trigarta.
3) Punjab is shared boundery with J&K from north,
Himachal Pradesh , Harayana from south, Rajasthan from southwest and one
international boundary with pakistan from west.
4) In 1966 punjab was divided into three part on the basis
of language. Those three parts punjab, Haryana and himachal pradesh.
5) Punjab is sixteenth largest state by population. It has
22 districts.
6) Acc to census 2011 population of punjab state is
27,704,236/
7)Some important point about punjab
Governor of punjab::V P Singh Badnore.
CM : Amarinder Singh (INC).
Largest City: Ludhiana.
Legislature:: Unicameral (Having one parliamentary chamber)
117 Seats.
High Court: Punjab and Haryana
Area: 50,362Km2
Emblem : Lion Capital of Ashoka with wheat stem and crossed
swords.
Dance: Bhangra, Giddha
Animal:: Block Buck.
Bird:: baag (Accipiter Gentialis).
8) Punjab is largest producer
of steel rolling mill plant. Which are located in mandi gobindgarh in the
district Fatehgarh Sahib .Mandi Gobindgarh known as steel city of punjab.
9) The Punjab State has large
wet land Areas, Birds sanctuaries.
Hari-ke-pattan: Largest wetland in northern india in the
border of Tarn-Taran sahib and Ferojepur district.The head works is located
downstream of the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej rivers.
Kanjli:: Kapurthala district , which subsumes the kanjli
lake. It is man made wetland.
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