Punjab reorganisation in 1966
In 1966, Punjab was reorganised: Haryana and Chandigarh were created and hill areas transferred to Himachal Pradesh.
Indian Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and transferred hill territories
History · A guide to the archive
Modern Punjab
Compare administrative reorganisation, agriculture, language activism and public-rights work in dated historical accounts.
How to approach this subject
Use the dates and jurisdictions in these entries to keep their different settings clear. A law, a research study and an individual’s public work do not describe the same scale of experience. Start with the question each entry answers, then follow its references to investigate how policies, institutions and people intersect.
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The Green Revolution in Indian Punjab
New wheat varieties, research institutions and farmer participation transformed agriculture from the 1960s. The gains in food production also made the long-term demands of intensive irrigation increasingly important.
Indian Punjab within wider Indian and international research networks
The Punjabi language movement in Pakistan
Writers and activists sought a larger place for Punjabi in education and institutions after 1947. Literary organising, socialist politics and university teaching formed connected but distinct strands.
Pakistan Punjab, particularly Lahore and Sahiwal
Asma Jahangir: legal aid, women’s rights and resistance to military rule
The Lahore lawyer connected individual legal cases with independent rights organisations, professional leadership and United Nations work.
Lahore, Pakistan and international human rights institutions
Ludhiana: workshops, neighbourhoods and agricultural science
Ludhiana’s urban history brings manufacturing and agricultural research into the same city. Its changing neighbourhoods and institutions connect local work with wider transformations in Punjab.
Indian Punjab