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'''Majha''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਮਾਝਾ ([[Gurmukhi]]), {{Nastaliq|ماجھا}} ([[Shahmukhi]]); ''Mājhā'') is a region located in the central parts of the historical [[Punjab region]] split between India and Pakistan.<ref>Discover India http://www.discoveredindia.com/punjab/about-punjab/regions-in-punjab.htm</ref> It extends north from the right banks<ref name="banks" group="note"/> of the river [[Beas river|Beas]], and reaches as far north as the river [[Jhelum river|Jhelum]].<ref name="grover">{{cite book|title=Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab|first=Parminder Singh|last=Grover|publisher=Parminder Singh Grover|year=2011|pages=179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy-pOAnlQL0C&pg=PT16}}</ref> People of the Majha region are given the demonym "Mājhī", however some people who belong to the this region use Majhail too. Most inhabitants of the region speak the [[Majhi dialect]], which is the basis of the standard register of the [[Punjabi language]].<ref>Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture, Punjabi University, Patiala [http://www.learnpunjabi.org/intro1.asp Punjabi University, Patiala.]</ref> The most populous city in the area is [[Lahore]] on the Pakistani side and [[Amritsar]] on the Indian side of the border.

During the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the Majha region of Punjab was split between India and Pakistan when the [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]] and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani Punjab]] were formed. The Majha region of Indian State of Punjab covers the area between [[Beas river|Beas]] and [[Ravi River|Ravi]] rivers, including the area on the north of [[Sutlej]], after the confluence of Beas and Sutlej at [[Harike Wetland|Harike]] in [[Tarn Taran district]], extending up to the Ravi River, which is all part of the Majha region in India.<ref>Punjab Data, Know Everything About Punjab http://www.punjabdata.com/Majha-Malwa-Doaba.aspx</ref> This region contains fourteen districts of the Pakistani province of Punjab, including the cities of [[Lahore]], [[Faisalabad]],[[Sahiwal]], [[Gujranwala]], [[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]], and [[Sialkot]].  Four districts of Indian state of Punjab – [[Amritsar]], [[Tarn Taran Sahib|Tarn Taran]], [[Gurdaspur]], and [[Pathankot]].

The people of the Majha region have been historically known for their warrior-like nature. The Majha region is called the "Sword Arm of the Country", due to it contributing disproportionately to the Officer as well as Orderly ranks of the Armies of both India and Pakistan. <ref>Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley (1996). ''Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants (Contemporary Ethnography)'', p. 153. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania.</ref> The [[Sikh Empire]] was founded in the Majha region, and so the region is also sometimes referred to as "the cradle of the brave Sikhs."<ref>Sandhu, Gulzar Singh (2004). ''Gods on Trial and Other Stories'', p. 132. Diamond Pocket Books. {{ISBN|8128808087}}</ref> Majha is also the birthplace of Sikhism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/other-historical-places/world/majha/|title=MAJHA|date=19 December 2000}}</ref>

| [[Tarn Taran district|Tarn Taran]]

||[[Faisalabad District|Faisalabad]]

| [[Pathankot district|Pathankot]]

 

| ||[[Narowal District|Narowal]]

| ||[[Gujranwala District|Gujranwala]]

| ||[[Hafizabad District|Hafizabad]]

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