andRajasthanstate to the southwest and by the country ofPakistanto the west. Punjab in its present form came into existence on November 1, 1966, when most of its predominantly Hindi-speaking areas were separated to form the new state of Haryana. The city ofChandigarh, within the Chandigarh un...
Along with Hindi, it is the most widely spoken. However, many people also speak English and Urdu. Settlement patterns About one-third of Punjab’s population lives in cities and towns. Its major cities are Ludhiana in the central region, Amritsar in the northwest, Jalandhar in north-central ...