Punjab Province (British India)
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British Punjab was a province of British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the British East India Company on 29 March 1849, and declared a province of British colonial rule; it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British control. In 1858, the Punjab, along with the rest of British Raj, came under the direct colonial rule of the British Crown. It had a land area of 358,355 square kilometers.
British Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||
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Province of British Raj | |||||||||||||||||||
1849–1947 | |||||||||||||||||||
Maps of British Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||
Anthem | |||||||||||||||||||
"God Save the King" | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital |
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Demonym | Punjabi | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||||||||
• Type | British Colonial Government | ||||||||||||||||||
• Motto | Crescat e Fluviis "Let it grow from the rivers" | ||||||||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1849–1853 | Henry Montgomery Lawrence (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1946–1947 | Evan Meredith Jenkins (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
Premier | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1937–1942 | Sikandar Hayat Khan | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1942–1947 | Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana | ||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||||||||
29 March 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||
1858 | |||||||||||||||||||
• Formation of North-West Frontier Province | 9 November 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Delhi district separated | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||
14–15 August 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | India Pakistan |
The province comprised four natural geographic regions – Indo-Gangetic Plain West, Himalayan, Sub-Himalayan, and the North-West Dry Area – along with five administrative divisions – Delhi, Jullundur, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi – and a number of princely states.[1] In 1947, the Partition of India led to the province's division into East Punjab and West Punjab, in the newly independent dominions of India and Pakistan respectively.