What is North India?
[[Image:North-India-locator.png|thumb|250px|Dark red region marks the approximate extent of northern India while the regions marked as light red lies within the sphere of north Indian influence.]] '''Northern India''' is a land and cultural region of [[India]]. In traditional Indian geography, India is pieced into five major zones: North India, [[North-east India]], [[East India]], [[West India]] and [[South India]]. The [[North Indian Plain]] is a large part of Northern India. As a linguistic-cultural and political region, North India consists of six [[India]]n states: [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu Kashmir]] and [[Rajasthan]]. The [[New Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]] is also a part of northern India and shares some of its cultural, historical, musical, and linguistic heritage. Both India and Pakistan were part of the [[British Raj|British India]] prior to the 1947 Independence. ==Related pages== *[[Church of North India]] ==Other websites== * [http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/projects/project.php?loid=1529 Ampur: A Virtual Village] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708105031/http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/projects/project.php?loid=1529 |date=2007-07-08 }} * [http://www.north-india.in More Info about Northern India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512202206/http://www.north-india.in/ |date=2011-05-12 }} * [http://newdelhi.net North India - New Delhi (Capital) City Guide] {{multistub|geo|Asia}} [[Category:Regions of India]]