Punjab

Punjab is a state in north-western India, bordered by Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, and by Pakistan to the west. Its capital is Chandigarh, a union territory that is also the capital of Haryana. Punjabi, written in the Gurmukhi script, is the official language, and the state has 23 districts.

The present state took shape on 1 November 1966, when the Punjab Reorganisation Act separated mostly Hindi-speaking areas to form Haryana. The 2011 census recorded a population of 27,743,338, and the state covers 50,362 square kilometres. The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar is the principal Sikh shrine. According to Wikipedia, Bhagwant Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party is Chief Minister and Gulab Chand Kataria is Governor.

Punjab is in the news because, on 6 November 2026, the Supreme Court accepted a cashless settlement of the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas power dispute, under which Himachal Pradesh receives its 7.19 per cent share of electricity from the projects. The ruling concerns the share of power that Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh draw from those hydro-electric projects.

Sources: Wikipedia: Punjab, India, Encyclopaedia Britannica: Punjab, Punjab government portal, Bar and Bench