Know Your State #028 Punjab

Punjab 

Establishment Year

• 1 November 1966

Capital

• Chandigarh

Tourism Slogan

• India Begins Here

Number of District

• 22

Official Language

• Punjabi

High Court

• Punjab and Haryana High Court

Chief Justice

• Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar

Governor

• V P Singh Badnore

CM

• Amarinder Singh (INC)

Literacy

• 80.44%

Airport

1. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
2. Bathinda Airport
3. Sahnewal Airport
4. Chandigarh International Airport
5. Pathankot Airport
6. Patiala Airport

Folk dance

• Bhangra

Animal

• Black Buck 

Bird

• Baj

Flower

• Gladiolus

Tree

• Sheesham

Festival

1. Lohri.
2. Basant Kite Festival (Punjab)
3. Maghi.
4. Holi, Punjab.
5. Teeyan.
6. Rakhri.
7. Vaisakhi

Lake

1. Harike Wetland
2. Kanjli Wetland
3. Ropar Wetland

River

1. Sutlej
2. Beas
3. Ravi
4. Chenab
5. Jhelum

Dam

1. Damsal Dam
2. Ranjit Sagar Dam

Zoological Park

• ChattBir Zoo, Zirakpur

Wildlife Sanctuary

1. Bir Motibagh
2. Abohar
3. Bir Bunnerheri
4. Bir Gurdialpura
5. Harike Lake 

Hydroelectric Power Station

• Bhakra Dam

Solar Power Station

• Azure Power - Ahwan Photovoltaic Plant