West Punjab, the Glossary

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1. 94 relations: Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti, Abdur Rab Nishtar, Ad-Dharmi, Attock District, Azad Kashmir, Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur (princely state), Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), Border, Buddhism, Census in British India, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan), Christianity, Cold War, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Districts of British India, Dominion of Pakistan, East Punjab, Faisalabad District, Federated state, Feroz Khan Noon, Former administrative units of Pakistan, Francis Mudie, George Abraham Grierson, Government of Pakistan, Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Gujranwala District, Gujrat District, Gurdaspur district, Habib Rahimtoola, Haryana, Hindko, Hinduism, Hindus, History of Punjab, I. I. Chundrigar, Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, Independence Day (Pakistan), India, Islam, Islamabad Capital Territory, Jainism, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jhang District, Jhelum District, Judaism, Lahnda, Lahore, ... Expand index (44 more) »

2. 1955 disestablishments in Pakistan
3. Former subdivisions of Pakistan
4. States and territories disestablished in 1955
5. States and territories established in 1947

Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti

Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti (Urdu: عبدالحمید خان دستی) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1955.

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Abdur Rab Nishtar

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

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Ad-Dharmi

The Ad-Dharmi is a sect in the state of Punjab, in India and is an alternative term for the Ravidasia religion, meaning Primal Spiritual Path.

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Attock District

Attock District (Urdu and ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

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Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee. West Punjab and Azad Kashmir are states and territories established in 1947.

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Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur (Punjabi and Urdu: بہاول پور, romanised: Bahāwalpūr) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Bahawalpur (princely state)

Bahawalpur (Urdu, بہاولپُور) was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British Raj and later Dominion of Pakistan, that was a part of the Punjab States Agency. West Punjab and Bahawalpur (princely state) are 1955 disestablishments in Pakistan and states and territories disestablished in 1955.

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Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)

The Chief Commissioner's Province of British Baluchistan was a province of British India established in 1876. West Punjab and Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) are former subdivisions of Pakistan and states and territories disestablished in 1955.

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Border

Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Census in British India

Census in British India refers to the census of India prior to independence which was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941.

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Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (15 July 1905 – 2 December 1982) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the fourth prime minister of Pakistan from 1955 until his resignation in 1956.

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Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)

The chief minister of Punjab (وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu), abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan.

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Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan (ضلع ڈيره غازى خان, Saraiki) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Districts of British India

The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire.

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Dominion of Pakistan

The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, existing between 14 August 1947 and 23 March 1956, created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament, which also created an independent Dominion of India. West Punjab and dominion of Pakistan are 1947 establishments in Pakistan and states and territories established in 1947.

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East Punjab

East Punjab was a province of India from 1947 until 1950. West Punjab and East Punjab are states and territories established in 1947.

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Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) (Punjabi and ضلع فیصل آباد) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan.

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Federated state

A federated state (also state, province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation.

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Feroz Khan Noon

Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon (7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 16 December 1957, until being removed when the President Iskandar Ali Mirza imposed martial law, though he himself got ousted in the 1958 Pakistani military coup.

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Former administrative units of Pakistan

The former administrative units of Pakistan are states, provinces and territories which mainly existed between 1947 and 1975 when the current provinces and territories were established. West Punjab and former administrative units of Pakistan are former subdivisions of Pakistan.

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Francis Mudie

Sir Robert Francis Mudie KCSI, KCIE, OBE (24 August 1890 – 15 September 1976) was a British civil servant and a member of the British Indian Civil Service during the British Raj.

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George Abraham Grierson

Sir George Abraham Grierson (7 January 1851 – 9 March 1941) was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India.

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Government of Pakistan

The Government of Pakistan (حکومتِ پاکستان, abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of four provinces and one federal territory.

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Governor of Punjab, Pakistan

The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District (Punjabi and ضِلع گُوجرانوالا), is a district that is a part of the Majha region in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Gujrat District

Gujrat (Punjabi, ضلع گجرات) is a district in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Gurdaspur district

Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India.

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Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (12 March 1912 – 2 January 1991) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat primarily based out of Karachi.

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Haryana

Haryana (ISO: Hariyāṇā) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country.

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Hindko

Hindko (ہندکو, romanized) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northwestern regions of Punjab.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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History of Punjab

The History of Punjab refers to the past history of Punjab region which is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in the northwest of South Asia, comprising eastern Punjab province in Pakistan and western Punjab state in India. West Punjab and history of Punjab are Punjab.

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I. I. Chundrigar

Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (15 September 1897 – 26 September 1960) was a Pakistani politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity on 17 October 1957.

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Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot

Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mamdot (31 December 1906 – 16 October 1969) was a Pakistani politician and an advocate of the Pakistan Movement in British India. After Pakistan's Independence, he served as the 1st Chief Minister of West Punjab and later as the Governor of Sindh. Story Of Pakistan website, Retrieved 30 August 2021Ayesha Jalal, The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, Harvard University Press, 16 Sep 2014, p.76.

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Independence Day (Pakistan)

Independence Day (|translit. West Punjab and Independence Day (Pakistan) are 1947 establishments in Pakistan.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia. West Punjab and India are states and territories established in 1947.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islamabad Capital Territory

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT; وفاقی دارالحکومت|translit.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.

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Jhang District

Jhang District (Punjabi and ضلع جھنگ) is a district of Faisalabad division in the Punjab province, Pakistan.

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Jhelum District

Jhelum District (Urdu and ضلع جہلم), is partially in Pothohar Plateau, and partially in Punjab Plain of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Lahnda

Lahnda, also known as Lahndi or Western Punjabi, is a group of north-western Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.

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Lahore

Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Lahore District

Lahore District (ضلع لہور; ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas.

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Lahore Division

Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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Linguistic Survey of India

The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is a comprehensive survey of the languages of British India, describing 364 languages and dialects.

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Mian Aminuddin

Mian Aminuddin (Punjabi, میاں امین الدین) was a Pakistani civil servant.

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Mianwali District

The Mianwali District (ضِلع مِيانوالى) is a district located in the Mianwali division of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Montgomery District

Montgomery District was an administrative district of the former Punjab Province of British India, in what is now Pakistan.

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Multan

Multan is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of river Chenab.

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Multan District

Multan District (ضِلع مُلتان), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.

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Multan Division

Multan Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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Mumtaz Daultana

Mian Mumtaz Daulatana (Punjabi, میاں ممتاز دولتانہ.), (20 February 1916 – 30 January 1995) was a Pakistani politician and a key supporter of Pakistan Movement in British India.

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Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani

Nawab Mian Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani (نواب میاں مشتاق احمد گورمانی.; (1905 – 1981) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Diwan of the Bahawalpur State. He was from Thatta Gurmani a small town 4 km from near Sinawan. After the partition of India and the accession of Bahawalpur, he served as a 'Minister without Portfolio' in the central Government of Pakistan in charge of the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Muzaffargarh District

Muzaffargarh District (ضِلع مُظفّرگڑھ) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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North-West Frontier Province

The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. West Punjab and North-West Frontier Province are former subdivisions of Pakistan.

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One Unit Scheme

The One Unit Scheme (ون یونٹ; এক ইউনিট ব্যবস্থা) was the reorganisation of the provinces of Pakistan by the central Pakistani government.

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Pahari-Pothwari

Pahari-Pothwari is an Indo-Aryan language variety of Lahnda group, spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (an ambiguous name also applied to other unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. West Punjab and Pakistan are 1947 establishments in Pakistan and states and territories established in 1947.

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Pakistan Muslim League

The Pakistan Muslim League (پاکستان مسلملیگ; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

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Population

Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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Punjab Province (British India)

The Punjab Province was a province of British India.

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Punjab, India

Punjab (Also and other variants) is a state in northwestern India.

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Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan.

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Punjabi language

Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. West Punjab and Punjabi language are Punjab.

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Radcliffe Line

The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India.

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Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi (Punjabi) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District (Punjabi and ضِلع راولپِنڈى) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Rawalpindi Division

Rawalpindi Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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Sargodha Division

Sargodha Division is an administrative division of Punjab province, Pakistan.

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Shahpur District

Shahpur District was a district in what is now Pakistan from 1893, during the British Raj, till 1960.

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Shakargarh Tehsil

Shakargarh (Punjabi: تحصیل شکر گڑھ), is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Sheikhupura District

Sheikhupura District (ضلع شیخوپورا; ضلع شيخوپورہ), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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Sialkot District

Sialkot District (Punjabi and ضلع سیالکوٹ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Sikhism

Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE. West Punjab and Sikhism are Punjab.

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Sikhs

Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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Sind Province (1936–1955)

Sind (sometimes called Scinde) was a province of British India from 1 April 1936 to 1947 and Dominion of Pakistan from 14 August 1947 to 14 October 1955. West Punjab and Sind Province (1936–1955) are former subdivisions of Pakistan and states and territories disestablished in 1955.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.

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Tribal religions in India

Roughly 8.6 per cent of India's population is made up of "Scheduled Tribes" (STs), traditional tribal communities.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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West Pakistan

West Pakistan was the western province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1970, covering the territory of present-day Pakistan. West Punjab and west Pakistan are 1947 establishments in Pakistan, former subdivisions of Pakistan and states and territories established in 1947.

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Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.

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See also

1955 disestablishments in Pakistan

• Bahawalpur (princely state)
• Bank of Bahawalpur
• East Bengal
• Khairpur (princely state)
• Khanate of Kalat
• Kharan (princely state)
• Las Bela (princely state)
• Makran (princely state)
• Orient Airways
• West Punjab

Former subdivisions of Pakistan

• Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
• Baluchistan States Union
• Chief Commissioner's Province
• Chitral District
• Dir District
• East Bengal
• East Pakistan
• Federal Capital Territory (Karachi)
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Former administrative units of Pakistan
• Frontier Regions
• Hunza–Nagar District
• Hunza-Nagar District
• Khanate of Kalat
• Malakand Agency
• Marri-Bugti Country
• North-West Frontier Province
• Princely states of Pakistan
• Provincially Administered Tribal Areas
• Sind Province (1936–1955)
• Sultanate of Swat
• Swat (princely state)
• West Pakistan
• West Punjab

States and territories disestablished in 1955

• Allied-occupied Austria
• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
• Bahawalpur (princely state)
• Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
• Baluchistan States Union
• Bardhaman Raj
• Chekiang Province, Republic of China
• Domain of the Crown
• East Bengal
• Gharm Oblast
• Khairpur (princely state)
• Khanate of Kalat
• Kharan (princely state)
• Las Bela (princely state)
• Makran (princely state)
• Rehe Province
• Sind Province (1936–1955)
• State of Vietnam
• West Punjab
• Xikang

States and territories established in 1947

• 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum
• Ajmer State
• Assam
• Assam (1947–1963)
• Azad Kashmir
• Baltiysky Administrative District
• Bizone
• Chitral District
• Chocó Department
• Dominion of India
• Dominion of Pakistan
• East Bengal
• East Borneo Region
• East Punjab
• Eastern States Union
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Free Territory of Trieste
• French Upper Volta
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• India
• Inner Mongolia
• Kingdom of Laos
• Kutch State
• Luogosanto
• Mizo District
• Mysore State
• Mường Autonomous Territory
• Nùng Autonomous Territory
• Oktyabrsky Administrative District, Kaliningrad
• Pakistan
• Polish People's Republic
• Provisional Democratic Government
• Rajpora
• Republic of Saugeais
• Saar Protectorate
• Sakhalin Oblast
• Socialist Republic of Romania
• Southeast Borneo Federation
• State of East Sumatra
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• West Bengal
• West Borneo (Special Region)
• West Pakistan
• West Punjab

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Punjab

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