The Land Of Five Rivers - PUNJAB 🚩

Jalandhar i s the most famous district in the  Doaba  region of  Punjab . The thing that separates Jalandhar from all the districts of  Majha  and the  Malwa  region of  Punjab, is the manufacturing of  sports goods  and equipment. Jalandhar is renowned not only in Punjab but all over the world for sports-related goods. Sports equipment from Jalandhar and other related equipment is used by world-renowned players at international level competitions such as the  Olympics ,  Asian Games , and  Commonwealth Games . One of Jalandhar's roundabouts is named Football Chownk due to its popularity as a sports equipment hub. Jalandhar has also been the capital of Punjab from the partition of India in 1947 to 1953.  Talking about the name of the Jalandhar district, the word Jalandhar itself is a very meaningful word. According to the local language, Jal means water and Andhra means inside so Jalandhar means the  inside water...

  Punjab is divided into Three regions according to flow of rivers. These are Majha, Malwa and Doaba. The region lying between Ravi and Beas is called Majha. Same as lying between Beas and Sutlej is called Doaba. The region lying in the South of Sutlej river is called Malwa. MAJHA Region- It means 'middle' or 'center', which historically is the name given to undivided Punjab before 1947. After the division in 1947, comprising only two districts- Amritsar and Gurdaspur . Tarn-tarn district was formed in 2006. It was carved out of Amritsar. Pathankot has been carved out from Gurdaspur and declared a district on July 2011. There is a confluence of Beas and Sutlej  at Herkie  in the Tarn-tarn district. DOABA Region-                                                           The word 'DOABA' itself defines its meaning. The ...