West Punjab
| West Punjab | |||||||||
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| Former Province of Pakistan | |||||||||
| 1947–1955 | |||||||||
Province of West Punjab in Pakistan | |||||||||
| Capital | Lahore | ||||||||
| Demonym | Punjabi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1947–1955 | 159,344 km2 (61,523 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Self-governing province subject to the central government | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1947–1949 | Francis Mudie | ||||||||
• 1949–1951 | Abdur Rab Nishtar | ||||||||
• 1951–1953 | I. I. Chundrigar | ||||||||
• 1953–1954 | Mian Aminuddin | ||||||||
• 1954 | Habib Rahimtoola | ||||||||
• 1954–1955 | Mian Mushtaq Ahmed | ||||||||
| Chief Minister | |||||||||
• 1947–1949 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan | ||||||||
• 1951–1953 | Mumtaz Daultana | ||||||||
• 1953–1955 | Feroz Khan Noon | ||||||||
• 1955 | Abdul Hamid Khan | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | 14 August 1947 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 14 October 1955 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Pakistan | ||||||||
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West Punjab was a province in the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. It was established from the western-half of British Punjab, following the independence of Pakistan. The province covered an area of 159,344 km sq (61523 sq mi), including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former Princely state of Bahawalpur. Lahore, being the largest city and the cultural centre, served as the capital of the province. The province was composed of four divisions (Lahore, Sargodha, Multan and Rawalpindi) and was bordered by the state of Bahawalpur to the south-east, the province of Baluchistan to the south-west and Sind to the south, North-West Frontier Province to the north-west, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shared International border with Indian state of East Punjab to the east and Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir to the north-east. It was dissolved and merged into West Pakistan upon creation of One Unit Scheme, in 1955.