East Punjab

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State of East Punjab
Former State of India
1947–1950
Flag
East Punjab, 1950
Capital	Shimla[1]
Historical era	20th century
• Established	15 August 1947
• PEPSU formed	1948
• Disestablished	26 January 1950
Preceded by Succeeded by Punjab State Punjab PEPSU
Today part of	Punjab Chandigarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh

East Punjab was a state of Dominion of India and later Republic of India from 1947 until 1950. It consisted parts of the Punjab State of British India that remained in India following the partition of the state between the new dominions of Pakistan and India by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab, later renamed as Punjab Province, while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern parts remained with India.