Punjab

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Punjab

Punjab

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ThePunjab was a region in bothIndia andPakistan. (TV:Demons of the Punjab) It included the city ofLahore. (AUDIO:Fallout)

Punjabi was a language spoken in this area. (TV:Demons of the Punjab,AUDIO:Fallout)

SirRichard Carnac Temple served theIndian Army asCantoment Magistrate in the Punjab. (PROSE:The Book of the War)

Prem believed thatMuslims,Hindus andSikhs once lived in peace in regions like the Punjab. However, thePartition of India divided the Punjab across religious lines and conflict ensued. Hindu and Muslim intermarriage, such as the case of Prem andUmbreen, led to both prejudice and violence.

TheThirteenth Doctor and her companionsRyan Sinclair,Yasmin Khan, andGraham O'Brien visited theNorthern Punjab in1947 at the beginning of the partition, when Pakistan's independence was announced on the radio. TheThijarians also visited the Punjab during this time, knowing of the countless unseen deaths that would take place in the coming days. (TV:Demons of the Punjab)

InFoxgrove,1951,Mrs King assumed thatRani Chandra was from the Punjab. (TV:The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)