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Punjab: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Surya Kant, Administrative Geography of India (1988), focuses on Punjab. Paul Wallace and Surendra Chopra (eds.), Political Dynamics and Crisis in Punjab (1988), devotes individual chapters to a specific issue. A readable description of the political complexity of Punjab in the 1980s and early ’90s is found in V.S. Naipaul, “The Shadow of the Guru,” in his India: A Million Mutinies Now (1991), pp. 420–489. The Punjab’s social and cultural life are the themes of Prakash Tandon, Punjabi Century, 1857–1947 (1961), and two sequels, Beyond Punjab, 1937–1960 (1971), and Return to Punjab, 1961–1975 (1980); the three vol. are also issued in one vol. with the title Punjabi Saga (1857–1987) (1988). Kenneth W. Jones, Arya Dharm: Hindu Consciousness in 19th-Century Punjab (1976), examines the response of Hinduism in Punjab to religious, social, and political challenges during this period. Tom G. Kessinger, Vilyatpur, 1848–1968 (1974), is a study of the social and economic history of one Punjabi village.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Surinder M. Bhardwaj
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H.K. Manmohan Singh
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, India; former Vice-Chancellor.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updated metadata and spellings. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: Maps of India - Punjab, India. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Punjab, India. | Nov 10, 2022 | ||
| Updated the administrative status of neighbouring Jammu and Kashmir. | Mar 25, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: India Video - Punjab, Haryana. | Dec 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Government of Punjab, India. | Mar 22, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 19, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of India - Punjab, India. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | May 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Punjab, India. | Dec 04, 2014 | ||
| History section revised and updated. | Apr 17, 2014 | ||
| Geography section revised and updated. | Apr 17, 2014 | ||
| Photograph of Govindgarh Fort in Bathinda, Punjab, added. | Apr 17, 2014 | ||
| Population and area data updated. | Oct 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indianetzone - History of Punjab. | Sep 23, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Punjab, India. | Dec 28, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Punjab, India. | Dec 27, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Punjab, India. | Dec 27, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 12, 2009 | ||
| History section thoroughly revised. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Geography section thoroughly revised. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Punjabilok - Punjab. | Jun 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Punjab Online - Punjab. | Apr 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Government of Punjab, India. | Oct 16, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 12, 1998 |
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