Punjab
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'''Punjab''' or '''Panjab''', from the medieval Persian for land of the five ("Panj") rivers ("aab"), may refer to:
==Geographical regions==
* [[Punjab region]], an area of South Asia spanning from eastern Pakistan to north-western India
* [[Khalistan]], a proposed in mid-way nation in the region.
* [[Punjab (India)]], a state of India
* [[Punjab (Pakistan)]], a province of Pakistan
* [[Panjab District]], Afghanistan
* [[Panjab, Afghanistan]], the capital of the Panjab District, Afghanistan
In '''former countries, states and provinces''':
* [[Sikh Empire]], a former monarchy in the region.
* [[Punjab (British India)]], a former province of British India,
* [[Punjab Hill States Agency]], an administrative unit of British India
* [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]], a former state of India
* [[East Punjab]], the part of the Punjab which became part of India
* [[West Punjab]], the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan
In '''other''':
* [[Punjab lasso]], a weapon made of cat gut used to strangle people, mentioned in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera
* Punjab, a character in the [[Little Orphan Annie]] comic strip, and the musical ''[[Annie]]''
'''See also''':
* [[Punjab Assembly]] (disambiguation)
* [[Punjabi language]]
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