What is East Punjab?
{{Infobox Former Subdivision | conventional_long_name = Province of East Panjab | common_name = East Panjab | nation = India | status_text = Former [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[India]] | era = | year_start = 1947 | date_start = | event_start = | year_end = 1966 | date_end = | event1 = | date_event1 = | capital = [[Shimla]] (1947–1953)<ref name=capital>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrZ-ibfhMyMC|title=Shimla Then & Now|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=9788173870460|via=Google Books}}</ref> <br> [[Chandigarh]] (1953–1966)<ref name=capital/> | p1 = Pannjab Province (British India) | flag_p1 = British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg | s1 = Chandigarh, India | flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg | s2 = Haryana, India | flag_s2 = Flag of India.svg | s3 = Himachal Pradesh, India | flag_s3 = Flag of India.svg | s4 = Panjab, India and Delhi | flag_s4 = Flag of India.svg | image_flag = | image_coat = | image_map = Punjab,_India_(1956-1966).png | image_map_caption = The Panjab state in India | stat_area1 = | stat_year1 = | stat_pop1 = | today = [[Chandigarh]]<br>[[Haryana]]<br>[[Himachal Pradesh]]<br>[[Delhi]]<br>[[Punjab (India)|Panjab]] | native_name = ਚੜਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬ | demonym = Panjabis }} '''East Punjab''' used to be a region of [[India]] because it was separated from [[West Punjab]], which became a part of [[Pakistan]] by the [[Radcliffe Line]] after [[Partition of India|India was divided]] in 1947. It is now known as '''Indian Punjab'''. It existed between 1947 and 1966, comprising the present-day states of [[Himachal Pr