Punjab

Map showing its districts and princely states

Punjab was a British province between 1849 and 1947 that was part of the Bengal Presidency. The Punjab region covers the area of the two modern states of the same name (one on each side of the India-Pakistan border) as well as the Indian state of Haryana. At one time it also included the North West Frontier Province (until 1901) and Delhi.

History

The entire province became part of British India in 1849 after the 2nd Sikh War.

In 1901, Lord Curzon, authorised the creation of a new province out of Punjab. The North West Frontier Province was formed with 5 districts: Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat and Peshawar, of the old province.

Delhi was separated to form part of the new capital.

The remaining parts of Punjab was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.

Government

• 1897-1920: Council of the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab.
• 1921-1936: Punjab Legislative Council
• 1937-1947: Punjab Legislative Assembly

Legislators

• List

Capital

• Lahore
• Murree (Winter capital until 1870s)

Cities and Towns

In India

• Amritsar
• Batala
• Delhi
• Ferozepur
• Gurdaspur
• Hoshiarpur
• Ludhiana
• Simla

In Pakistan

• Attock
• Bhera
• Campbellpur
• Chillianwala
• Chiniot
• Dera Ghazi Khan
• Fort Munro
• Gujrat (also spelt Gujerat)
• Gujranwala
• Hasanabdal
• Jhang
• Jhelum
• Kasur
• Khewra
• Khushab
• Lahore
• Lyallpur (now Faisalabad)
• Montgomery (now Sahiwal)
• Multan
• Murree
• Muzaffargarh
• Nankana Sahib
• Pakpattan
• Rawalpindi
• Pind Dadan Khan
• Sakesar
• Shahdheri (now known as Taxila)
• Sialkot

Princely States

India

• Chamba State
• Faridkot State
• Kalsia State
• Patiala State

Pakistan

• Bahawalpur State

Divisions

The province was divided into 10 divisions (1870):

• Amritsar
• Delhi
• Derajat
• Hissar
• Jalunder
• Lahore
• Multan
• Peshawar
• Rawalpindi
• Umballa

Districts and Other Areas

Not all districts existed at the same time. This list is an attempt to list all districts that existed at one time or another under British rule.

In India

• Amritsar District
• Gurdaspur District
• Hissar District

In Pakistan

• Attock District
• Chenab Colony
• Dera Ghazi Khan District
• Gujranwala District
• Jhang District
• Jhelum District
• Lahore District
• Lyallpur District
• Mianwali District
• Montgomery District (now Sahiwal District)
• Multan District
• Muzaffargarh District
• Rawalpindi District
• Shahpur District
• Sheikhupura District
• Sialkot District

NWFP

These 5 districts were part of Punjab until 1901 when they were separated to form the new province.

• Bannu District
• Dera Ismail Khan District
• Hazara District
• Kohat District
• Peshawar District

Government

Legislative Council

• Council of the Lieutenant Governor: 1897 to 1920 (synopsis and legislators on pap website)

Punjab Legislative Assembly

There were two assemblies between 1937 - 1947. (information on pap website)

External Links

Wikipedia

• Punjab (British India)
• Punjab Region
• Punjab (India)
• Punjab (Pakistan)

Historical books on-line

• "The Administration of the Punjab", page 225 The Calcutta Review, Volume 20, July-December 1853 Google Books
• "Life in the Punjab" The Calcutta Review Volume 26, January-June 1856 Google Books
• General Report of the Administration of the Punjab Proper for the years 1849-50 and 1850-51 being the first two years after annexation 1854 Google Books
• Selections from the records of the Government of India (Foreign Department), Issue 6: General Report on the Administration of the Punjab Territories for the years 1851-52 and 1852-53 1854 Google Books
• Selections from the Public Correspondence of the Punjab Government Volume IV No 2: I Correspondence regarding Tea Plantations in the Punjab Provinces II Papers regarding the insalubrity of the Peshawur valley 1859 Google Books
• The Punjab Record or Reference Book for Civil Officers Volume 3 1868 Google Books
• The Punjab Record or Reference Book for Civil Officers Volume 4 1869 Contains circulars, with indexes, for 1869. Each section is numbered separately:Financial Circular Orders; Police Department Orders, commencing here; Account Department Orders; Jail Department Orders; Registration Circular Orders; Supreme Government Orders, commencing here; Punjab Government Orders, commencing here; Selections from the records of the Office of the Financial Commissioner, Punjab 1869 Google Books
• Report on the Administration of the Punjab and its Dependencies for 1881-82 1882 Archive.org
• Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org (Volume 4 in a series of Handbooks)
• The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this link
• Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette 1919 Archive.org