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Punjab (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.9160 decimal degrees |
| Long: 075 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 75.4160 decimal degrees |
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Note: Included in Mughal Empire until Sikhs gained influence in late 1700s; annexed by Great Britain and became province after Sikh Wars 1846 and 1849; autonomous province from 1937; under Indian Independence Act, was partitioned among India and Pakistan in 1947. |
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| Punjab (preferred,C,V)
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| State of Punjab (C,V,English,U)
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| Punjab, State of (C,V)
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| Punjabi Suba (NA,V)
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| IN23 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Punjabi (C,V,English,U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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reformed November 1966 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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