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Punjab Province (British India)

Punjab
British colony
1849–1947
Coat of arms of Punjab
Coat of arms

Map of British Punjab 1909
History
Historical eraNew Imperialism
• Established
1849
• Partition of India
1947

Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between India and Pakistan. The area that made up British Punjab streched from Himachal Pradesh in the east to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the west, which itself was separated in 1909; has today been split into the following areas:


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