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This Matter is part of our Punjab PSC Study Kit: http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/study-kit/ppsc п²¶¿¾ ï Punjab Punjab its Land and People ÐËÒÖßÞ ßÌ ß ÙÔßÒÝÛ Ò±ò ±º Ю·³¿®§ ͽ¸±±´• ïíîçï Û•¬¿¾´·•¸»¼ ðïóïïóïçêê Ò±ò ±º Ó·¼¼´» ͽ¸±±´• îìèï ß®»¿ ëðôíêî •¯ µ³ Ò±ò ±º Ø·¹¸ñÍ»²·±® Í»½±²¼¿®§ ìðìí ͽ¸±±´• б°«´¿¬·±²øîðïï ½»²•«•÷ îôééôðìôîíê ˲¼»®¹®¿¼«¿¬» ݱ´´»¹»• íëë Ý¿°·¬¿´ ݸ¿²¼·¹¿®¸ ᕬ Ù®¿¼«¿¬» ݱ´´»¹»• éë ͬ¿¬» Ô¿²¹«¿¹» Ы²¶¿¾· Ó»¼·½¿´ ݱ´´»¹»• ïî Þ´¿½µ¾«½µ øß²¬·´±°» ͬ¿¬» ß²·³¿´ ½»®ª·½¿°®¿÷÷ Ü»²¬¿´ ݱ´´»¹»• ïí ͬ¿¬» Þ·®¼ Þ¿¦ øÛ¿•¬»®² Ù±•¸¿©µ÷ ߧ«®ª»¼·½ ݱ´´»¹»• ðç ͬ¿¬» Ì®»» ͸»»•¸¿³ øÜ¿´¾»®¹·¿ •·••±±÷ ر³»±°¿¬¸·½ ݱ´´»¹»• ðé Ü·ª·•·±²• ì и¿®³¿½§ ݱ´´»¹»• îð Ü·•¬®·½¬• îî 觕·±¬¸»®¿°§ ݱ´´»¹»• ðç Ì»¸•·´• éé Ô¿© ݱ´´»¹»• Í«¾óÌ»¸•·´• éê ÓÝß Ý±´´»¹»• Þ´±½µ• ïìï ÓÞß ú ÞÞß Ý±´´»¹»• ̱¬¿´ Ê·´´¿¹»• ïîôìîè Û²¹·²»»®·²¹ ݱ´´»¹»• Ê·´´¿¹»• ø·²¸¿¾·¬»¼÷ ïîôîéè Ü»»³»¼ ˲·ª»®•·¬·»• î ̱©²• ïìë Ù±ª»®²³»²¬ ˲·ª»®•·¬·»• ë Ý·¬·»• ïì Ю·ª¿¬» ˲·ª»®•·¬·»• ïí ß®»¿ ο²µ ï笸 ر•°·¬¿´• îïç Ì·³» Ʊ²» ïÍÌ øËÌÝõðëæíð÷ Ü»•°»²•¿®·»• ïìëí ×ÍÑ íïêê ½±¼» ×ÒóÐÞ ÐØÝù• ììï ØÜ× ðòêéç ø³»¼·«³÷ ߧ«®ª»¼·½ ú ˲¿²· ײ•¬·¬«¬·±²• ëîç ØÜ× Î¿²µ çµ³ øîððë÷ ر³»±°¿¬¸·½ ײ•¬·¬«¬·±²• ïðé Ü»²•·¬§ ëëðñµ³ùøïôìððñ•¯ ³·÷ Ê»¬·²¿®§ ر•°·¬¿´• ïíêé Ë®¾¿² б°«´¿¬·±² ííòçëû Ñ«¬´§·²¹ Ü·•°»²•¿®·»• ú ïìèë ײ•»³·²¿¬·±² Ϋ®¿´ б°«´¿¬·±² êêòðë ͽ¸»¼«´»¼ Þ¿²µ• îèðé èéê øÚ»³¿´»• °»® ¬¸±«•¿²¼ Í»¨ ο¬·± ³¿´»•÷ Ò±²ó ͽ¸»¼«´»¼ Þ¿²µ• ðî Ô·¬»®¿½§ êçòçëû íçëî Ó¿´»• éëòêíû б´·½» ͬ¿¬·±²•ñᕬ• ìëê Ú»³¿´»• êíòëëû ݱ󱰻®¿¬·ª» ͱ½·»¬·»• îðèéë ©©©ò«°•½°±®¬¿´ò½±³ For Any Guidance Call our Expert at +91 9212043702, 011- 65196422 This Matter is part of our Punjab PSC Study Kit: http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/study-kit/ppsc î ײ¬»¹®¿¬»¼ ͬ«¼§ Õ·¬ º±® ÐÐÍÝ Ð®·³¿®§ ß¹®·½«´¬«®¿´ Ý®»¼·¬ border of Punjab touches Pakistan i.e., it íçéè ͱ½·»¬·»• determines international borderline. In the ɱ®µ·²¹ Ú¿½¬±®·»• ïëíðï extreme North, there is Jammu and Kashmir, л® Ý¿°·¬¿ ײ½±³» îèôêðë øΕ÷ in the East we have Himachal Pradesh and α¿¼ Ô»²¹¬¸ êìôíëî µ³ in the South Haryana and Rajasthan are ο·´ Ô»²¹¬¸ íôéïëôìë µ³ situated. ïí øí ®»•»®ª»¼ º±® ͽ¸»¼«´»¼ The total area of present Punjab is 50, п®´·¿³»²¬¿®§ Í»¿¬• Ý¿•¬»•÷ 362 square kilometres. The entire state is ﶧ¿ Í¿¾¸¿ Í»¿¬• é divided into 4 Divisions and 22 districts. Ô»¹·•´¿¬·ª» ß••»³¾´§ ïïé øîç ®»•»®ª»¼ º±® Development of the State: Word Punjab ݱ²•¬·¬«»²½·»• ͽ¸»¼«´»¼ Ý¿•¬»•÷ is a combination of two Persian words Panj + Æ·´¿ п®·•¸¿¼• ïé Aab. Panj means ve and Aab means water. Ó«²·½·°¿´ ݱ³³·¬¬»»• ïíí Thus we can say that the very name of Punjab ç øß³®·¬•¿®ô Ö¿´¿²¼¸¿®ô stands for ve- waters. In other words, the Ô«¼¸·¿²¿ô п¬·¿´¿ô Þ¿¬¸·²¼¿ ô Ó«²·½·°¿´ ݱ®°±®¿¬·±²• land of ve rivers has been given the name Ó±¸¿´· ô п¬¸¿²µ±¬ô Ó±¹¿ ¿²¼ и¿¹©¿®¿÷ of Punjab. ׳°®±ª»³»²¬ Ì®«•¬• îð Calling this region of Indian .Sub- Ы²¶¿¾ ú Ø¿®§¿²¿ Ø·¹¸ continent as Punjab is suitable both Ø·¹¸ ݱ«®¬ ݱ«®¬ôݸ¿²¼·¹¿®¸ historically and geographically because this ÒÛÉ Ü×ÍÌÎ×ÝÌÍ was the land of ve rivers. Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jehlum. Thus, geographically Í¿¸·¾¦¿¼¿ ߶·¬ Í·²¹¸ Ò¿¹¿® ï謸 Ü·•¬®·½¬ ±º Ы²¶¿¾ ½®»¿¬»¼ øÓ±¸¿´·÷ ±² ïí¬¸ ß°®·´ îððê Punjab has been called Saptsindhu i.e., land ï笸 Ü·•¬®·½¬ ±º Ы²¶¿¾ ½®»¿¬»¼ of seven rivers. At that time seven rivers ±² ¬¸» ìð𬸠ӿ®¬§®¼±³ Ü¿§ viz. Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, Jehlum, Ì¿®²¬¿®¿² ±º Ù«®« ß®¶¿² Ü»ª ±² ïꬸ Saraswati and Kabul (Kubha) owed here. Ö«²»óîððê Puranas call Punjab Panchnada. Thus since î𬸠ܷ•¬®·½¬ ±º Ы²¶¿¾ ½®»¿¬»¼ Þ¿®²¿´¿ ancient times Punjab owes its name to the ±² ï笸 Ò±ª»³¾»® îððê existence of ve rivers. îטּ Ü·•¬®·½¬ ±º Ы²¶¿¾ ½®»¿¬»¼ п¬¸¿²µ±¬ ±² î鬸 Ö«´§ô îðïï Harappa civilisation ourished alongside î Ü·•¬®·½¬ ±º Ы²¶¿¾ ½®»¿¬»¼ these rivers. It is these ve rivers, which Ú¿¦·´µ¿ ±² î鬸 Ö«´§ô îðïï have been held responsible for rise and fall of the Harappa civilisation. All these rivers GEOGRAPHY OF PUNJAB have been steering their directions from time Situation: From a cultural perspective, to time. the borders of Punjab touch Pakistan, Jammu In the times of Mahabharat also, Punjab and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, has been called Panchnada. According to Rajasthan and some parts of Delhi. the writings of that era the Western Front of Geographically speaking, the present Punjab touched Sindhu River and the Eastern Punjab came into existence on l.st of November front touched Yamuna River. The whole land 1966 after its linguistic reorganisation. of Punjab received water from Sindhu and Punjab State is situated between 29° 32' Saraswati as well as their tributaries. Under to 32° 32' North latitudes and 73° 55' to 76° the Mughals, Punjab came to be known, as 50' East longitudes. To the Northwest, the Sooba-e-Lahore Lahore became its capital. ©©©ò«°•½°±®¬¿´ò½±³ For Any Guidance Call our Expert at +91 9212043702, 011- 65196422 This Matter is part of our Punjab PSC Study Kit: http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/study-kit/ppsc п²¶¿¾ í With the decline of Mughals, the Sikhs had A. JALANDHAR DIVISION a sway in Punjab. Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1. District: Gurdaspur founded a vast Sikh empire. After the death of Tehsils - Gurdaspur, Batala, Dera Baba MaharajaRanjitSingh,theBritishincluded Nanak. Punjab in English empire. In 1901, the Sub-Tehsils - Sri Hargobindpur, British again redemarcated its boundaries. In 1911, the British separated Delhi and Kalanaur, Kahnuwan, Qadian, some areas contiguous to Delhi. Then there Dinanagar, Dhariwal, Nushara Maja was no change in the boundaries of Punjab Singh, Fatehgarh Churian, from 1911 to 1947. Blocks - Gurdaspur, Shri Hargobindpur, On 15 August 1947, the partition of India Sujanpur, Kalanaur, Kahnuwan, Qadian, also resulted in the partition of Punjab. The Dera Baba Nanak, Dhariwal, Dinanagar, Western part of Punjab fell to the share Narot Jaimal Singh, Batala, Fatehgarh of Pakistan. The-remaining eastern and Churian, Dauranglan,Bamial. smaller territory was India's share. After the 2. District: Amritsar partition, Pakistani Punjab became Western Tehsil - Amritsar-1, Amritsar-11, Baba Punjab while Indian Punjab was called Bakala, Ajnala. Eastern Punjab. Sub-Tehsils- Attari, Tarsikka, On 26 January 1950, Pre x Eastern was Khemkaran, Majitha, Ramdass, removed and now it was Punjab only. On 15 Lopoke. July, 1948 a new province PEPSU came into Blocks- Verka, Rayya, Ajnala, Harsha existence as a result of combining regal states Chhina, Chogawan, Jandiala Guru, of Punjab viz. Patiala; Nabha, Kapurthala, Tarsikka, Maj itha. Jind, Faridkot, Malerkotla, Nalagarh and Kalsia. 3. District: Kapurthala In 1956, the states were reorganised in Tehsils - Kapurthala, Bhulath, the whole of the country. At that time PEPSU Phagwara, Sultanpur Lodhi. was disbanded and its entire area was Sub-Tehsils - Dhilwan. merged into Punjab. Blocks - Sultanpur Lodhi, Kapurthala, The basis of re-organisation of states in Nadala, Phagwara,Dhilwan. India was primarily linguistic. Therefore, 4. District: Jalandhar demand for a new language based state was Tehsils - Jalandhar-I, Jalandhar-Il, raised vociferously in Punjab. The Centre Nakodar, Phillaur, Shahkot. instituted Shah Commission to look into this Sub-Tehsils - Adampus, Kartarpur, matter. On the basis of the recommendations Bhogpur, Noor Mahal, of Shah Commission, present Punjab came into existence on I November 1966. Blocks - Jalandhar East, Jalandhar West, Bhogpur, Adampur, Nakodar, ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF PUNJAB Shahkot, Lohian, Phillaur, Noor Mahal, Punjab is divided into four Divisions, 72 Rurka Kalan. Sub-divisions, 22 districts, 76 Sub-Tehsils 5. District: Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar and 141 blocks. Its administrative Division (Nawanshahar) is made as under: Tehsils - Nawanshehar, Balachaur. ©©©ò«°•½°±®¬¿´ò½±³ For Any Guidance Call our Expert at +91 9212043702, 011- 65196422 This Matter is part of our Punjab PSC Study Kit: http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/study-kit/ppsc ì ײ¬»¹®¿¬»¼ ͬ«¼§ Õ·¬ º±® ÐÐÍÝ Sub-Tthsil - Banga. 11. District: Sangrur Blocks - Aor, Banga, Nawanshahar, Tehsils - Sangrur, Malerkotla, Udam Balachaur, Saron. Singh Wala (Sunam), Dhuri, Moonak, 6. District: Hoshiarpur Lehra. Tehsils - Hoshiarpur, Dasuha, Sub-Tehsils - Bhawanigarh, Longowal, Garhshankar, Mukerian. Ahmedgarh, Dirhba. Sherpur, Khanouri, Sub-Tehsils - Bhunga, Garhdiwala, Amargarh, Lehra. Tanda, Talwara, Mahilpur. Blocks - Sangrur, Bhawanigarh, Blocks - Hoshiarpur-I, Hoshiarpur-II, Malerkotla-I, Malerkotla-II, Dhuri, Bhunga, Dasuha, Tanda, GarhshankAr, Sherpur. Sunam,Andana, Lehra Gaga. Mahilpur, Mukerian, Talwara, Hajipur. 12. District: Patiala 7. District: Tarntaran Tehsils - Patiala, Rajpura, Samana, Tehsils - Khemkaran, Goindwal Sahib, Nabha, Patran. Chola Sahib, Jhabal, Bhikhiwind. Sub-Tehsils - Dudansadhan, Ghanaur, Sub-Tehsils - Khadur Sahib, Gandiwind, Bhadson. Chola Sahib, Tarntaran,Naushehra Blocks - Patiala,Bhunerheri, Sanaur, Pannun,Patti, Bhikhiwind,Valtoha. Rajpura, Ghanaur, Samara, Patran, 8. District: Pathankot Nabha. Tehsils - Pathankot, Dharkalan. 13. District: Fatehgarh Sahih Sub-Tehsils -Bamial, Narot Jaimal Tehsils - Fatehgarh Sahib, Amloh, Singh. Khamano,Bassi Pathana. Sub-Tehsils - Mandi Gobindgarh. B. PATIALA DIVISION Blocks - Sirhind, Khera, Amloh, Kamano, 9. District: Roop Nagar Bassi Pathana. Tehsils - Roop Nagar, Anandpur Sahib, 14. District: Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Chamkaur Sahib, Nangal. (Mohali) Sub-Tehsils - Morinda, Noorpur Bedi. Tehsils - SAS Nagar, Kharar, Mohali. Blocks - Roop Nagar, Chamkaur Sahib, Sub-Tehsils - Majri. Morinda, Noorpur Bedi, Anandpur Blocks - Kharar, Dera Bassi, Majri. Sahib.