PUNJAB & CHANDIGARH
P unjab is a land of five rivers-Ravi,Satluj,Chenab,Beas and Jhelum is highly fertile and is also known as the "granary of india'.This anciant land of vedas,Indus vally civilisation ,Taxila university,of milk and honey ,arts and artefacts,rich agriculture ,warm hospitable and brave people was subjected to respeated onsaughts from the persians,maurians,scythians,parthians,kushans and then the mughals.15th and 16th centuary mark a period of watershed in the history of punjab.through the technigs of gurunanak,bhakti,movement recived a great impetus .Guru Gobind Sing ,the tenth sikh guru transformed sikhs into a militant outfit ,'khalsa',to challenge the tytanny of Mughalas.The state also made greate contribution to the indias stuggle for freedom on all fronts in india and abroad.Punjab faced the holocaust of partition after indias independence ,but the enterpricing and industrious people of pinjab bounced back to become one of most affluent states of the country.today ,it