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Hace 3 días · The people of Punjab are mainly descendants of the so-called Aryan tribes that entered India from the northwest during the 2nd millennium bce, as well as the pre-Aryan population, probably Dravidians (speakers of Dravidian languages), who had a highly developed civilization.
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Punjab - Mughal, Sikh, British: The foundations of the...
- Bathinda
The city is home to the Central University of Punjab...
- Patiala
Patiala, city, southeastern Punjab state, northwestern...
- Kapurthala
Kapurthala, town, north-central Punjab state, northwestern...
- Faridkot
Faridkot, town, west-central Punjab state, northwestern...
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Hace 1 día · The predominant ethnolinguistic group of the Punjab region are the Punjabi people, who speak the Indo-Aryan Punjabi language. Punjabi Muslims are the majority in West Punjab (Pakistan), while Punjabi Sikhs are the majority in East Punjab (India).
Hace 3 días · Punjab is home to 2.3% of India's population; with a density of 551 persons per km 2. According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census , Punjab has a population of 27,743,338, making it the 16th most populated state in India.
Hace 5 días · There’s something about Punjabi identity. “Seven years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, I was still scared to wear my turban. I wore a woolen cap to travel in a train. Someone called and said, 'Sardarji, chai lelo' (Sardarji, take tea). When I was abroad, I let go of my turban again but an American man said, ‘You are a Sikh from Punjab.’.
Hace 1 día · Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Hace 5 días · Jat, traditionally rural ethnic group of northern India and Pakistan. In the early 21st century the Jats constituted about one-fourth of the populations of Punjab and Haryana; nearly 10 percent of the population of Balochistan, Rajasthan, and Delhi; and from 2 to 5 percent of the populations of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Uttar ...
Hace 3 días · Punjab - Mughal, Sikh, British: The foundations of the present Punjab were laid by Banda Singh Bahadur, a hermit who became a military leader and, with his fighting band of Sikhs, temporarily liberated the eastern part of the province from Mughal rule in 1709–10.
