A separate state of Punjab and Haryana was created in the year:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → 1966
Statehood for Punjab came in 1966, when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation Building
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