Master Tara Singh and Division of Punjab

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Re: Master Tara Singh and Division of Punjab

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So Haryana and Himachal remained part of Punjab although the population was not Punjabi speaking BTW, what is the basis of forming provinces in India? Is it language or some other criteria?

In 1956 States Reorganization Act came into effect and states were drawn based on ethnicity and language. For Example: Bombay State was split into Maharashtra and Gujarat based on language (Marathi and Gujarati). Punjab was also divided along linguistic lines, creating a new Hindi-speaking state of Haryana and transferring the northern districts of Punjab to Himachal Pradesh, and making Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, a union territory . So the division of Punjab was also on linguistic grounds though Punjab became a Sikh majority state.