East Punjab
East Punjab was a region of India. It was separated from West Punjab, which became a part of Pakistan by the Radcliffe Line after India was divided in 1947. It existed between 1947-1966 and it comprised the present-day states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Doab (India), itself re-named as Indian Punjab. It had an area of 150,037 km2 and today it would have had an combined population of 59,913,826 (2011 est).
Province of East Punjab (1947-1950) State of Punjab (1950-1966) | |||||
Former State of India | |||||
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The Punjab state in India from 1956 to 1966 | |||||
Capital city | Shimla (1947–1953)[1] Chandigarh (1953–1966)[1] | ||||
History | |||||
- | Established | 1947 | |||
- | Disestablished | 1966 | |||
Today part of | Chandigarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh Punjab |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shimla Then & Now". Indus Publishing. 1 January 1996 – via Google Books.