Punjab was a province of British India. Most of the Punjab REGION was ANNEXED by the East India Company in 1849, and 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 India, came under the direct rule of the British crown. The province COMPRISED 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 being divided into East Punjab and West Punjab, in the newly independent dominions of India and Pakistan respectively.

Punjab Province

Province of British India

1849–1947

Flag of Punjab

Flag

Coat of arms of Punjab

Coat of arms

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Map of British Punjab 1909

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Capital

Lahore

Shimla 1876–1947 (summer)

*Muree upto 1876

Government

• Motto

Crescat e Fluviis

"Let it grow from the rivers"

Historical era

New Imperialism

• Established

2 April 1849

• Delhi Territory transferred to Punjab from North-Western Provinces

1858