Proper noun
East Punjab
Map of East Punjab in India
A former province and later a state in India from 1947 to 1966, reorganized to form the new states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
Apart from the influx of Europeans and numerous merchants, many of them Parsis, a large number of traders and labourers descended on the city from all over India, particularly from Bombay, Gujrat, Cutch, Kathiawar and East Punjab. Source: Internet
Wadhawan Singh Babbar, chief of Sikh group Babbar Khalsa International, which was involved in an insurgency in East Punjab during the 1980s. Source: Internet
I am quite certain that India's interest lies in getting all her men and women across the border and sending out all Muslims from East Punjab. Source: Internet