Chandigarh

Economist born in Gah in western Punjab who opened India's economy as finance minister in 1991 and was Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014.

Batsman from Chandigarh who hit six sixes in an over in 2007 and was player of the tournament at the 2011 World Cup while ill with cancer.

Director General of Punjab Police who led Operation Black Thunder II and the counter-insurgency campaign of 1991–95. Credited by supporters with ending the insurgency and criticised by rights groups for its abuses.

The 'Flying Sikh', a Partition orphan from Muzaffargarh who became Asia's greatest sprinter and missed an Olympic medal in Rome by a fraction of a second.

Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992, under whom the insurgency was crushed. Killed by a suicide bomber in Chandigarh in August 1995.

Comedian turned politician whose Aam Aadmi Party swept Punjab in 2022, ending decades of rule by the Congress and the Akali Dal.

Son of the last Maharaja of Patiala, soldier and twice Chief Minister, who quit Parliament in protest at the army's attack on the Darbar Sahib in 1984.

Five times Chief Minister of Punjab, both the youngest and the oldest, and for half a century the face of the Akali Dal.

Shooter from a Punjabi family who won India's first individual Olympic gold medal, in the 10 metre air rifle at Beijing in 2008.

Administrator and scientist who resettled Partition refugees, drove the Green Revolution from Punjab Agricultural University, and wrote the classic studies of Kangra painting.

Chief Minister of Punjab from 1956 to 1964 who drove the building of roads, canals, Punjab Agricultural University and the groundwork of the Green Revolution.

The Akali leader who carried the Punjabi Suba campaign to victory in 1966, with fasts, mass arrests and a promise to burn himself alive.

Nuclear physicist from Hoshiarpur district who studied cosmic rays with Arthur Compton and led India's science institutions.

India's first Prime Minister, who declared the goal of full independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore in 1929.