The word Puadh is a conjugation of two words of the language: pūrava meaning eastern and āddha meaning half.[1] The term refers to the eastern half of the Punjab region.
These areas are almost have equally share of major communities in different parts such as Rajputs, jats and Gujjars. Kalesar is last village of Haryana in north dominated by Gujjars and jagadhri have large of number Gujjars community Villages whereas Ambala have good share of Rajput voters and 30-50 villages of Gujjars and Jats. There are many big rajput villages in panchkula and various small villages of gujjars as well. Ramgarh and raipur rani were jagirs ruled hy kshatriya rajputs in panchkula, former belonged to chandel clan and latter one was ruled by chauhans..
Uttar Pradeshedit
In the state of Uttar Pradesh it is spoken mainly in the Northern districts which border North Haryana districts and South Himachal Pradesh district. The districts where it is spoken are-
Badshahibagh
Behat
Saharanpur
Gangoh
Deoband
These regions are mostly dominated by thakurs of pundir clan and gujjars.
Guru Gobind Singh Bhawan. Punjabi University, Patiala
Statues made of waste Bangles at Rock Garden, Chandigarh
Morni Hills and Tikkar Taal, Haryana
Thaan (shrine) in Dera village Bakarpur, Mohali
Stupa Base, Sanghol (Fategarh Sahib district)
Ruins of Indus Valley Civilization, Punjab (Rupnagar)
Tomb of Shagird village Talania Sirhind
Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara, Punjab, India
SD College, Ambala
Mandir in Pehowa, Haryana
Kalka–Shimla Railway
NSMK Institute of Advanced Studies, Malerkotla
View of city from the Palace Nalagarh Princely State
Cultureedit
Puadh is often wrongly included in Malwa (Punjab) by the media.[18] The region had its own poets even at Akbar's court such as Mai Banno of Banur. More recent poets include Bhagat Asa Ram Baidwan of Sohana. The Dhadd Sarangi and Kavishri singing originated in Puadh and also different types of Akharas such as that of Rabbi Bhaironpuri. Puadh consists only a small quantity of Punjab. The Majha, Malwa (Punjab), and Doaba make up majority of the Punjab.
Puadhi languageedit
The dialect of the Punjabi language spoken in Puadh is called Puadhi. It is spoken by the people of Chandigarh, Baltana, Zirakpur, Rajpura, Ghanaur, and Devigarh region of Patiala district, Banur region, villages of Mohali, and some region of Ropar district in Punjab, whereas in Haryana in villages of Ambala and Panchkula district people speak this language. Also, the region of Ismailabad and Shahbad of Kurukshetra speak this language, also a tehsil of Sadhaura of Yamunanagar district.
^(which were transferred from the then Sirhind tehsil of Patiala district to Ludhiana in 1963 with Doraha then part of Payal sub-tehsil)[7]
Referencesedit
^The Tribune (05.11.2006) PUNJABI REVIEW Of Puadh and Pablo Neruda Surinder Singh Tej Puadh Darpan Edited by Manmohan Singh Daon Punjabi Sath-Panj Nad Parkashan, Lambra (Jalandhar) [1]
^"Powadh or Puadh or Powadha is a region of Punjab and parts of Haryana between the Satluj and Ghaggar rivers. The part lying south, south-east and east of Rupnagar adjacent to Ambala District (Haryana) is Powadhi".
^Farmers of India, Volume 1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
^Transactions of the Institute of Indian Geographers, Volume 19 (1997) Department of Geography, University of Poona [2]