Punjab- the land of five
rivers was and is called the crown of India. The Punjab - its land
and people hold a unique and very important position on mosaic of
India. Dr. B.P. Saksena in his presidential Address to the Punjab
History Conference Proceeding, Third Session, in 1969 said, " To
my mind the Punjab is India in miniature. It is the enterpot of
Indian History and Indian Culture. Its contribution to the rest of
the sub- continent is immeasurable both interms of quality and
content."(Source: Geography of Punjab by Manku)
The present Punjab came into
existence on November 1, 1996 at the culmination of Punjabi Suba
morcha. It is now a unilingual State. The present Punjab has the
smallest ever size in its history. The southern parts of pre-1966
punjab were formed into a new state called Haryana. North -eastern
hill ares were merged with Himachal Pradesh. Thus, the present
Punjab is predominately a plain region state with Sikhs as the
major inhabiting group, and Punjabi as the main and the official
language of the state.
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