Punjab Province (British India)

British Punjab
Province of British Raj
1849–1947
Flag Coat of arms
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Anthem
"God Save the King"
Capital	Lahore (1873-1947) Muree (summer capital) (1873–1876) Shimla (summer capital) (1876–1947)
Demonym	Punjabi
Government
• Type	British Colonial Government
• Motto	Crescat e Fluviis "Let it grow from the rivers"
Governor
• 1849–1853	Henry Montgomery Lawrence (first)
• 1946–1947	Evan Meredith Jenkins (last)
Premier
• 1937–1942	Sikandar Hayat Khan
• 1942–1947	Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana
Historical era	New Imperialism
• Fall of Punjab	29 March 1849
• Transfer of Delhi from North-Western Provinces	1858
• Formation of North-West Frontier Province	9 November 1901
• Delhi district separated	1911
• Partition of India	14–15 August 1947
Political subdivisions	Rawalpindi Division[a] Lahore Division[b] Multan Division[c] Jullundur Division[d] Delhi Division[e] Princely states[f]
Preceded by Succeeded by 1849: Sikh Empire 1858: North-Western Provinces 1862: Cis-Sutlej states 1901: North-West Frontier Province 1947: West Punjab East Punjab PEPSU
Today part of	India Pakistan

British Punjab was a province of British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the British East India Company on 29 March 1849, and declared a province of British colonial rule; it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British control. In 1858, the Punjab, along with the rest of British Raj, came under the direct colonial rule of the British Crown. It had a land area of 358,355 square kilometers.

The province comprised four natural geographic regions – Indo-Gangetic Plain West, Himalayan, Sub-Himalayan, and the North-West Dry Area – along with five administrative divisions – Delhi, Jullundur, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi – and a number of princely states.^[1] In 1947, the Partition of India led to the province's division into East Punjab and West Punjab, in the newly independent dominions of India and Pakistan respectively.

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