Punjab

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Punjab is a historically and culturally rich region of South Asia, known for its fertile agricultural lands, Sikh heritage, and partition between modern-day India and Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
agriculturalRegionOf India
Pakistan
associatedWith Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sikh Empire
borderedBy Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
surface form: Balochistan

Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Islamabad
surface form: Islamabad Capital Territory

Jammu and Kashmir
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rajasthan
Sindh
culturalHeritage Punjabi folk music
Punjabi literature
Sikh gurdwaras
Sufi shrines
dividedBetween Dominion of India
Pakistan
surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
etymology name means "land of five rivers"
hasPart Punjab self-linksurface differs
surface form: Punjab, India

Punjab self-linksurface differs
surface form: Punjab, Pakistan
historicalEvent Partition of India
surface form: Partition of India in 1947
historicalRuler British India
surface form: British Raj

Durrani Empire
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
knownFor Bhangra folk dance
Giddha folk dance
Punjabi cuisine
Punjabi language
fertile agricultural land
rice cultivation
wheat production
locatedIn South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

South Asia
majorReligion Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
playsRoleIn Green Revolution
surface form: Green Revolution in India
primaryLanguage Punjabi
scriptUsed Gurmukhi
Perso-Arabic script
surface form: Shahmukhi
traditionalClothing salwar kameez
turban
traversedBy Beas River
Chenab River
Indus River
Jhelum River
Ravi River
Sutlej River

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Gurdial Singh placeOfActivity Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab, India
Satadru partOfRegion Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Gobindgarh Fort locatedIn Punjab
Gobindgarh Fort state Punjab
Punjab, Pakistan bordersIndianState Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab, India
Punjab, Pakistan namedAfter Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Punjab, Pakistan historicalRegionOf Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Haryanvi spokenIn Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab (border areas)
Punjabi Muslims significantPopulationIn Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab, India
Punjabi Muslims minorityStatusIn Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab, India
King Porus regionRuled Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Bagri spokenIn Punjab
ektara usedInRegion Punjab
Harappa locatedInRegion Punjab
Huna invasions location Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Harike Barrage locatedIn Punjab
Harike Barrage state Punjab
Ghagra wornInRegion Punjab
India–Pakistan border passesThroughIndianStateOrTerritory Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab, India
chinkara foundIn Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region
Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi) regionServed Punjab
subject surface form: Fatima Jinnah Women University
Lahore Campus region Punjab
Attock locatedIn Punjab
Attock locatedNear Punjab
Attock locatedInProvince Punjab
Gujar communities associatedRegion Punjab
this entity surface form: Punjab region