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While the rest of the country was reorganized on linguistic lines in 1950, why had Punjab to wait till 1966?

Answer:

(i) In. Punjab there was two linguistic group:

Hindi: Speaking and Punjabi speaking. Punjabi speaking group were not getting full support from non-pun |ab group, hence they wanted their separate stare.

(ii) It was not granted with other states in 1956. Ten Years later in 1966, the terroterries of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated. Hence larger Punjab was created.