- Northwestern India
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Northwestern India is a region which is not yet defined. It includes the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Chandigarh. Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan are the biggest states in North-West India according to their population and the area also.
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States
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh are the states and the union territories of the region. Some neighboring states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra have North-West Indian Influence.
Languages
The region has more than nine languages and sub-languages like Dogri, Kashmiri, Pahari, Ladakhi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Sindhi and sub-languages of Hindi like Rajasthani, Haryanvi, Khariboli etc.
Further reading
- Dass, Baboo Ishuree (1860). Domestic manners and customs of the Hindoos of northern India, or, more strictly speaking, of the north west provinces of India.. Medical Hall Press, Benares. http://www.archive.org/stream/domesticmanners00dassgoog#page/n5/mode/2up.
External links
Categories:- Regions of India
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