<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> 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>
when was punjab annexed to the british empire
when was punjab annexed to the british empire
1849
1849