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The Proposed '''Greater Punjab movement''' is a constitutional demand that includes political activities organised by various individuals, Punjabi organizations and political parties like native [[Akali Dal]] party of current [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]], for expansionism of current Indian Punjab by incorporating the neighboring Punjabi-speaking areas of [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and Union Territory of [[Chandigarh]], within the republic of [[India]], with [[Chandigarh]] as it's proposed capital. The proposed Greater Punjab state corresponds to the three districts of [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]], two districts of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Chandigarh]] city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/punjabi-suba-what-s-there-to-celebrate-292265|title=Punjabi Suba: What's there to celebrate?|website=The Tribune India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/five-things-to-know-about-akali-dal-as-it-turns-114-today-8323953/|title=Five things to know about Akali Dal as it turns 102 today|date=December 14, 2022|website=Indian Express}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:Punjabi_in_india.png|center|thumb|[[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]] and its neighbouring Punjabi-speaking areas.]]<br />
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== Expansion demand ==<br />
{{See Also|Punjabi Suba movement|East Punjab|PEPSU}}<br />
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[[File:Proposed states and union territories of India.svg|thumb|300px|Proposed Greater Punjab (Punjab expansion) map marked in light green, lies between the proposed [[Maru Pradesh]] and [[Jammu division|Jammu]].]]<br />
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The Native Punjab mainstream [[Akali Dal]] party time to time have demanded to the [[Government of India|Central Government of India]] to incorporate the neighbouring Punjabi-speaking areas of [[Himachal Pradesh]]'s ([[Una district|Una]], [[Kangra district|Kangra]] and [[Solan district|Solan]]), [[Haryana]]'s ([[Ambala district|Ambala]], [[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]] and [[Karnal district|Karnal]]), [[Rajasthan]]'s ([[Hanumangarh district|Hanumangarh]] and [[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar]] districts) and Union territory of [[Chandigarh]] city to current [[Punjab, India]] for it's expansionism by quoting that those areas historically belongs to the land of [[Punjab]] and that [[States Reorganisation Commission]] under [[Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966|Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966]] have failed to delivered justice at that time by not incorporating those areas with Indian Punjab even after knowing that those regions are linguistically, ethnically, geographically and culturally similar to [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]] in every aspects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sukhbir Badal seeks transfer of Chandigarh, Punjabi speaking areas to Punjab |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sukhbir-badal-seeks-transfer-chandigarh-punjabi-speaking-areas-to-punjab-1893496-2021-12-29 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-29 |title=PM should transfer Chandigarh, Punjabi speaking areas to state: SAD president Sukhbir Badal |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/pm-should-transfer-chandigarh-punjabi-speaking-areas-to-state-sad-president-sukhbir-badal-101640722442662.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Merge Punjabi speaking areas of Rajasthan in Punjab, SAD(A) writes to President |url=https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=81266&headline=Merge-Punjabi-speaking-areas-of-Rajasthan-in-Punjab,-SAD(A)-writes-to-President |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.babushahi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/50-years-of-Panjabi-suba-still-no-closure-316966|title=50 years of Punjabi Suba & still no closure |website=The Tribune India}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Politics of Punjab, India]]</div>Ajay Kumar