Majha (Punjab)

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Majha is a historic region of Punjab in India and Pakistan, known as the heartland of Sikh culture and the area around the city of Amritsar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Majha region of Punjab 2
Majha (Punjab) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
agriculturalRegion yes
associatedWith Gurmukhi script (Indian side)
Punjabi literature
Shahmukhi script (Pakistani side)
Sikh martial tradition
borderingCountry India
Pakistan
containsCity Amritsar
Batala
Gurdaspur
Lahore
Tarn Taran
containsSite Golden Temple, Amritsar
surface form: Golden Temple

Attari–Wagah border
surface form: Wagah–Attari border
coordinateRegionWith Doaba
Malwa
countrySubdivision India
Pakistan
crossedBy Beas River
Ravi River
dialect Majhi Punjabi
dividedBy India–Pakistan border
ethnographicRegion yes
hasCenter Amritsar
historicalEvent affected by Partition of India in 1947
center of Sikh misls in the 18th century
historicalSignificance core area of early Sikh political power
knownAs heartland of Sikh culture
knownFor Sikh religious institutions
fertile alluvial plains
language Punjabi
locatedIn India
Pakistan
Punjab
majorReligion Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
partOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
primaryEthnicGroup Punjabi people
surface form: Punjabis
primarySikhSubgroup Majhail Sikhs
timeZone IST (Indian part)
PKT (Pakistani part)
traditionalSubdivisionOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab (cultural region)

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malwa (Punjab) bordersRegion Majha (Punjab)
Harike region Majha (Punjab)
this entity surface form: Majha region of Punjab
Maha Singh region Majha (Punjab)
this entity surface form: Majha region of Punjab