<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Partition of India </Td> <Td> 14--15 August 1947 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> India Pakistan </Td> </Tr> <P> Punjab, also spelled Panjab, was a province of British India . Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the East India Company in 1849, and was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British control . It comprised five administrative divisions, Delhi, Jullundur, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi and a number of princely states . In 1947, the partition of India led to the province being divided into East Punjab and West Punjab, in the newly created Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan respectively . </P> <P> The name of the region is a compound of two Persian words Panj (five) and āb (water) and was introduced to the region by the Turko - Persian conquerors of India and more formally popularised during the Mughal Empire . Punjab literally means "(The Land of) Five Waters" referring to the rivers: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas . All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Chenab being the largest . </P>

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