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[[Punjab]] is  the '''"land of five rivers"''' in north west [[India]] and north east  [[Pakistan]]. '''''Punj''''' means "five" and '''''aab''''' means  "waters", so ''"punjab"'' means ''"land of five rivers"''. These five  rivers that run through Punjab, having their originating source as  various small lakes in Himalayas. If one were to go across the Punjab  starting from [[Delhi]] and to Afghanistan, the rivers are in this  order.  


[[Mai Bhag Kaur]]: As a young girl, she had heard [[sakhi]]s of [[Sikh Gurus]]' and their disciples (other sikhs). A regular hearing of the sakhis made a deep effect on her tender heart and inspired her to live a life of a [[Khalsa]] Women. She went to Anandpur Sahib along with his father in 1699 A.D., when [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Sahib ji founded the [[Khalsa Panth]]. ''"She took Amrit and learned the art of fighting and self defence."'' 
*[[Beas]], [[Satluj]], [[Ravi]], [[Chenab]] and [[Jhelum]].  


When [[Mughal]]s and hilly chiefs had surrounded Anandpur sahib and were demanding it be evacuated. They called that any Sikh who says that ''"he/she is not anymore a Sikh of Guru Gobind"'' will be left untouched. A group of 40 Sikhs, led by Mahan Singh told [[Guru Gobind Singh]] that they are not his Sikhs anymore.<!---- Guru told them that they have to write it in a document that "they are not his Sikhs anymore" and sign it. ''"All forty Sikhs signed this document Bedava and left Guru Gobind Singh."'' --->[http://tuhitu.blogspot.com/2006/12/sakhi-series-29-mai-bhag-kaur-and-40.html<big>'''....More'''</big>]
The  Beas merges into the Satluj at Harike near Ferozepur in East Punjab just  before crossing the border into west Punjab (Pakistan) where it  eventually merges into the river Indus.
 
The area of  Punjab that is between the Beas and Satluj is called the  '''[[Doaba]]'''. The  major cities in this part of [[Punjab]] are  [[Jalandhar]], [[Hoshiarpur]] and [[Nawanshahr]]. '''Majha''' is the area between  the Beas and Chenab and on both sides of the Ravi, this part is called  the heart of Punjab and its cities include, [[Lahore]], [[Amritsar]],  [[Gurdaspur]], [[Sialkot]], Kasur, Lyallpur(Faisalabad), [[Faridkot]] and Ferozepur. <!---
 
In the Majha part of Punjab many new  cities were developed by converting the forests into cultivating land  and is called '''Bar''', cities include Lyallpur (Faisalabad),  Montgomery, etc. The area beyond the Chenab river in North and around  river [[Jhelum]] is called Pothohar, cities include Rawalpindi, [[Hasan  Abdal]], etc. The area between the Ravi and Chenab rivers is called the  '''Rachna doab''', its cities are [[Gujrat]], Sargodha, etc. The area of  '''Malwa''' is in southern Punjab facing Rajasthan and East of river  Beas, cities include [[Ludhiana]], [[Patiala]], Ambala, Karnal, Sangrur,  Malerkotla, Shahabad, and Abohar.----> {{aowf|Rivers of Punjab}}

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Rivers of Punjab

Punjab is the "land of five rivers" in north west India and north east Pakistan. Punj means "five" and aab means "waters", so "punjab" means "land of five rivers". These five rivers that run through Punjab, having their originating source as various small lakes in Himalayas. If one were to go across the Punjab starting from Delhi and to Afghanistan, the rivers are in this order.

The Beas merges into the Satluj at Harike near Ferozepur in East Punjab just before crossing the border into west Punjab (Pakistan) where it eventually merges into the river Indus.

The area of Punjab that is between the Beas and Satluj is called the Doaba. The major cities in this part of Punjab are Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr. Majha is the area between the Beas and Chenab and on both sides of the Ravi, this part is called the heart of Punjab and its cities include, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Sialkot, Kasur, Lyallpur(Faisalabad), Faridkot and Ferozepur. .....More

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