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,
Jullunder, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi and a
number of princely states.
The partition of India led to the province being
divided into East Punjab and West Punjab,
belonging to the newly created Union of India and
Dominion of Pakistan respectively.