About Punjab
The word punjab is a combinatin of persian words "panj"(five) and "ab" (water) which means the land of five rivers. The five rivers are Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej.
Chandigarh being the captial city for Punjab & the language Punjabi the official language.
The State is bounded by Jammu and Kashmir State in the North, pakistan to the west, Haryana & Rajasthan to the south, & Punjab to northeast. The State is divided in to 20 Districts.
Districts of Punjab
1. Amritsar District
2. Barnala
3. Bathinda District
4. Firozpur District
5. Fatehgarh Sahib District
6. Faridkot District
7. Gurdaspur District
8. Hoshiarpur District
9. Jalandhar District
10. Kapurthala District
11. Ludhiana District
12. Mansa District
13. Moga District
14. Mohali District
15. Muktsar District
16. Nawanshahr District
17. Patiala District
18. Rupnagar District
19. Sangrur District
20. Tarn Taran District
Major Cities of Punjab
Amritsar - The Second largest city of punjab, and also known as Sikh holy city.
Chandigarh - The capital city of punjab, which has the credit as first planned modern city in india by french architects.
Jalandhar - Known for its industries and believed to be one of the oldest city of punjab.
Ludhiana - The largest city of punjab.
How to reach Punjab
Air transport
Chandigarh and Amritsar is the has airport to enter unjab. Serviced by all the domestic airlines of India.
Rail transport
Punjab is connected thru Train Transport to and from all major cities in india operated by Indian Railways.
Road transport
Punjab has excellent road network connecting all major cites like Mumbai, delhi, Nagpur, poona Etc.