The Himalayans Rivers are Perennial . They are watered by Glaciers and Rains. The Indus River and its Tributaries also perennial Rivers. But the Ghaggar River is a seasonal river.
Major Rivers flow through Punjab are :- Satluj, Beas, Ravi and Ghaggar
The word Punjab is originated from persian language which means "Land of five Rivers". But now there is only three Rivers are flowing in Punjab. These are - Satluj, Beas and Ravi. The Punjab is a part of Indus-Yamuna Plain region.
The Land between two rivers is called 'Doab'. Doab is a persian language word which means land between two Rivers. Where Do means and Aab means water. Modern Punjab is a land of three Doab.
DOAB RIVERS
The Word PUNJAB is originated from Persian Language. which means land of five Rivers.
where is punj means five and Aab means water. The Punjab is located North-West of INDIA. The shape of the Punjab is triangular. Its Latitude extention is 29° 30' north to 32°32' North latitude and its longitude extension is 73°55' east to 76°50' east longitude.
Punjab shares its land boundary with 3 states and 2 union territories. In its south Rajasthan and Haryana states share boundary. Haryana shares boundary its south-east also. In its East, the Himachal Pradesh state shares boundary.
Two Union Territories Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh share boundary with Punjab.
The total area of Punjab is 50,362 km2 which is 1.54 % of the total geographical Area of India.
Amongst 28 States of India, Punjab exist on 20th position. only Ladakh union territory's rank is more than Punjab.
Punjab shares international boundary with Pakistan. Which is called RAD CLIFFE LINE. Total length of the boundary between Punjab and Pakistan is approximately 553 KM.
The Satluj and The Ravi rivers make natural boundary between Pakistan and India.
Special Status for States Under Article 371
Article 371 gives the special status to some states of India under part XXI of the Constitution.
The aims to give the special status to these states are to protect cultural and economics interests of the Tribal People of these states.
Special provisions are made for the people of these states.
Under Article 371, Eleven states have given the special status. These are
REORGANISATION OF PUNJAB
REORGANISATION OF PUNJAB 1966
The Reorganisation of Punjab was made by Parliament in 1966. For this, the Central Government had formed a 3 members commission, SHAH COMMISSION, under the chairmanship of JC Shah. Other members were MM Phillips and S Dutt.
The area of Punjab was divided among Punjab Haryana ( A new established state) and Himachal Pradesh (then Union Territory).
Hindi speaking Population area was given to Haryana and Punjabi speaking population area was given to Punjab.
British Government wanted to seeking cooperation of Indians. For this, the Government had passed three council act 1861, 1892 and 1909 THE ...
