Punjab (India) | Sindh |
Punjab, in Greek Pentapotamia, an inland delta of 5 converging rivers, has always been one of the most important historical
regions of South Asia. Part of the Indus River Civilization, crossed by most invaders who tried to conquer the Indian subcontinent.
Connection through the Khyber Pass with Afghanistan and, in the east, through
Delhi with the Jumna-Ganges Valley historically had greater importance than connection downriver with Sindh. Punjab had been an important province of the Mughal Empire. In the 18th century the Punjab slipped out of Mughal control, and Sikh polities emerged, unified into one state under Ranjit Singh. The E.I.C. annexed the Punjab in 1849 and organized it as Punjab Province, nominally under Bengal Presidency. In 1937 Punjab received its own assembly and prime minister. Upon the release of British India into independence in 1947, the Punjab split into Western Punjab, which joined Pakistan, and Eastern Punjab (at that time including Haryana and Himachal Pradesh), which joined India. In 1947-1948 population exchange on a major scale took place, Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs moving out of Western Punjab into India, Indian Muslims moving in the other direction. At first the capital of Pakistan was located in Karachi (Sindh). In 1958 it was moved to Rawalpindi (Punjab), soon after to Islamabad (Punjab). Punjab 1977-1988 . Pakistan Punjab 1970-1977 . Pakistan Punjab 1955-1970 . Pakistan Punjab 1947-1955 . Pakistan see Bahawalpur Timeline : Punjab Historical Atlas, Punjab , Pakistan , South Asia Pages |
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Country Profiles | Current |
from Wikipedia |
Links | General |
Category : Punjab (Pakistan) |
Organizations |
Culture, Archaeology & Museum Department, from
Government of Punjab National Fund for Cultural Heritage, Pakistan UKPHA |
Historical Dictionary |
Jatland Wiki Encyclopedia of Sikhism; The Sikh Encyclopedia; Sikhi Wiki |
Timelines | see here |
Accounts of History | Current |
from Wikipedia; from
Punjab Online |
Specific Periods |
The Rise of Sikh Power, from
Brainy Encyclopedia Punjab and the Ghazni and Ghur Invasions, from South Asian History |
Politics |
Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Pakistan), official, has history City Government Lahore |
Military |
14th Punjab Regiment,
16th Punjab Regiment, from Wikipedia 11/1 Punjab Regiment, 15/1 Punjab Regiment, from Orders of Battle |
Economy & Finances |
Pakistan : Punjab Economic Report, from
ADB |
Social History |
Ethnography |
Articles Seraiki People,
Punjabi Language,
Hindko Language, from Wikipedia |
Religion |
Category : Mosques in Punjab (Pakistan), from
Wikipedia |
History of Regions |
History of Bahawalpur, at WHKMLA Article Seraikistan, fromWikipedia |
Local History |
Lahore History, from Alephinc,
from Government of Lahore A Museum or British Lahore, from History Today 1997 History of Rawalpindi, from Pindiplus Islamabad History, from Alephinc |
Institutions |
History of Medical Colleges of Punjab History, from University of the Punjab |
Culture |
Biographies |
Others |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
Pakistan Provinces : Punjab, from World Statesmen |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Figures : Pakistan, Provinces, from
Population Statistics Current population of towns and cities in Punjab, Pakistan, from World Gazetteer |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Modern Newspapers |
Image Databanks |
Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) Search Janus |
Constitutions, Laws |
Punjab Laws Online, Chronological Index, 53 laws pre-1947 |
Treaties |
Document Collections |
Historical Maps |
see WHMKLA Historical Atlas, Punjab Page Map of Punjab, from Punjab Online; of West Punjab, East Punjab (Constable 1893) posted by Ian Poyntz; from Imperial Gazetteer of India, posted by DSAL (1908) Map of Lahore (Constable 1893) posted by Ian Poyntz |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
Institutions | Archives |
Archives in Pakistan, from E-Lis Plight of the Punjab Archives, from Punjab Heritage News |
Musea |
Museums and Galleries in Pakistan, scroll down for Punjab |
Monuments |
F.M.A. Rehman, History and Architecture of Mughhal Monuments Lahore, 2002 thesis |
Libraries |
National Library of Pakistan |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
on Punjab |
Books on Punjab, Punjabi History and Culture, from Maboli D. Ludden, Bibliography on South Asian Agrarian History (c.1990) |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus International Boundary Studies Gallica Search DBNG |
on Pakistan |
Pakistan Research Repository Panjab Digital Library |
Online Journals |
Online Yearbooks |
General Accounts |
Sahdev Vohra, Punjab then and now, 1846-1999, Delhi : Indian Publishers Distributors 2000 [G] Mushirul Hasan (ed.), The Partition Omnibus, Oxford : UP 2002, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954.03 P132p |