PUNJAB

or Panjab geographical name region NW Indian subcontinent in Pakistan & NW India occupying valleys of the Indus & its five tributaries; formerly a province of British India capital Lahore, former state NW India in E ~ divided 1966 into two states of ~i Suba & Haryana, province NE Pakistan capital Lahore, state NW India formed from N part of former state of ~ capital Chandigarh area 19,448 square miles (50,370 square kilometers ), population 20,289,969