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The State : Punjab

Punjab, a state bordering Pakistan, is the heart of India's Sikh community. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state capital is located in Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The summer residence of the Governor of Punjab is at Shimla.
The term Punjab comprises two words: "punj meaning five and ab meaning water, thus the land of five rivers." The Greeks referred to Punjab as Pentapotamia, an inland delta of five converging rivers. In Avesta, the sacred text of Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associated with the ancient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land of Seven Rivers.
Formation of current Punjab :
The capital city of the undivided Province of Punjab, Lahore, was allocated to the Pakistani West Punjab during the partition of British India in 1947, so a new capital for Indian Punjab was built at Chandigarh. Shimla was named temporary capital of the Punjab until Chandigarh was completed in 1960.

Districts of Punjab State

Amritsar । Barnala । Bathinda । Faridkot । Fatehgarh Sahib । Fazilka । Firozepur । Gurdaspur । Hoshiarpur । Jalandhar । Kapurthala । Ludhiana । Mansa । Moga । Muktsar । Patiala । Pathankot । Rupnagar । Sangrur । SAS Nagar । SBS Nagar । Tarn Taran ।