Punjabi climate is continental, with rainfall regime ranging from the semiarid to the subhumid.
June temperatures average 93 F, while December temperatures average 55 F. Punjab was created in 1966 by partitioning previously existing states on the basis of a common language, Punjabi. Sixty percent of the inhabitants are Sikhs, an Aryan people whose presence in the region dates to ca. The Phenomenon During the 1960s, Punjab became the bread basket of India as a result of the adoption of a technological package referred to as the Green Revolution . The major elements of this package included improved seed, inputs of fertilizers and pesticides, and irrigation. The state has no mineral or fossil fuel sources.