What is West Punjab?
Q: What is West Punjab?
A: West Punjab was a former province of Pakistan which existed from 1947 to 1955.
Q: What was the area covered by West Punjab?
A: The province covered an area of 160,622 square kilometres (62,017 sq mi), including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former princely states of Bahawalpur.
Q: What was the capital of West Punjab?
A: The capital of West Punjab was the city of Lahore.
Q: How many divisions did West Punjab have?
A: West Punjab had four divisions, which were Lahore, Sargodha, Multan and Rawalpindi.
Q: What were the neighboring areas of West Punjab?
A: West Punjab was bordered by the former Indian state of East Punjab to the east, the princely state of Bahawalpur to the south, the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh to the southwest, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the northwest, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Occupied Kashmir to the northeast.
Q: When did West Punjab cease to exist as a province?
A: West Punjab ceased to exist as a province in 1955.
Q: Did the former princely state of Bahawalpur fall within the boundaries of West Punjab?
A: No, the former princely state of Bahawalpur was excluded from West Punjab's boundaries.
