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Punjab has a long history and rich heritage.The people of the Punjab are called
Punjabis and they speak a language called Punjabi.A historical region of the northwest Indian sub-continent bounded by the Indus and Yamuna rivers. It was a center of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization and after c. 1500 B.C. the site of early Aryan settlements.
Muslims occupied the western part of the region by the eighth century, introducing Islam, and although they later conquered
the eastern part, Hinduism remained entrenched there. The Mughals brought the region to cultural eminence until their empire
declined in the eighteenth century. The Punjab was controlled by Sikhs from 1716 to 1849, when it was annexed by Britain.
It was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square
miles). Punjab, Pakistan is 205,344 square kilometres, (79,284 square miles). Population: 24,289,296 (2000) in India, 86,084,000
(2005) in Pakistan
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