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  Rawalpindi - Wikipedia
Rawalpindi is located in the Punjab province, 275 km (171 miles) to the north-west of Lahore.
Pursuant to the recommendations of the Barani Commission, the Government of Punjab established Barani Agricultural College, Rawalpindi which was later upgraded to the level of the University in 1994.
The mandate of the University is to produce high-quality agricultural scientists and to form an organized scientific infrastructure for teaching and research for the development of dryland regions of the country, thus minimizing the income gap between the rich and poor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rawalpindi   (1317 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Jammu and Kashmīr
Commonly known as Kashmīr, the territory is bounded on the north by Afghanistan and China; on the east by China; on the south by the Indian states of Himāchal Pradesh and Punjab; and on the west by the North-West Frontier Province and the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
Akbar, the Mughal emperor of Hindustan, conquered Kashmīr between 1586 and 1592, and it became a part of the Mughal Empire.
In 1819, after a period of Afghan rule extending from 1756, Kashmīr was conquered by Ranjit Singh, the Sikh maharaja (Indian king or prince) of the Punjab.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552307/Jammu_and_Kashm%c4%abr.html   (839 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
32 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol, Nurestan, and Khowst
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2051.html   (4978 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Baluchi Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Baluchi horse is found in parts of Baluchistan and Sind Provinces and districts of Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh and Multan in Punjab Province.
The color varies from bay, chestnut or gray.
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www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/baluchi/index.htm   (196 words)

  
 Adherents.com: By Location
"The Ahmadiyas split into two secs: the more radical Qadiyanis (named for Ahmad's birthplace in the Punjab), now based in Pakistan, and the Lahoris, who acknowledge Ahmad as a Muslim reformer rather than a prophetÉ "
"Today, Punjab Province in Pakistan is 97% Muslim and 2% Christian, with small numbers of Hindus and other groups in the population.
"...on the Indian subcontinent, there are larger islands of predominantly Shi'i populations in the Pakistani Punjab (approx.
www.adherents.com /adhloc/Wh_266.html   (2358 words)

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