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Panipat (पानीपत) (film)

Panipat (पानीपट), also Panipat: The Great Betrayal, is Ashutosh Gowariker's 2019 Hindi historical war drama on the 1761 Third Battle of Panipat, starring Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, and Kriti Sanon, released 6 December 2019 and noted for Jat and Afghan protests over its portrayals.

Panipat power station

Panipat power station, also known as Panipat Thermal Power Station, is a 710 MW coal-fired power station at Assan Kalan in Panipat district, Haryana, India, established in 1979.

Panipuri (पानीपूरी)

Panipuri (पानीपूरी), also called golgappa, puchka/fuchka, or gupchup, is a South Asian street snack of hollow fried puris filled with potato or chickpeas and flavored pani water, eaten in one bite; regional versions differ in filling, water, and name.

Panj

Panj (Панҷ), also Pyanj or Pyandzh: 921-km Central Asian river rising in the Pamirs, forming much of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border and feeding the Amu Darya; subject of Tajik-Afghan hydrology cooperation, flood hazards, and glacier-fed flow.

Panj Pyare (ਪੰਜ ਪਿਆਰੇ)

Panj Pyare (ਪੰਜ ਪਿਆਰੇ, Panj Piare), meaning the Five Beloved, are the five Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh designated as the first Khalsa members at Anandpur in 1699.

Panj Takht (ਪੰਜ ਤਖ਼ਤ)

The Panj Takht (ਪੰਜ ਤਖ਼ਤ), the Five Thrones, are the five gurdwaras recognized as the supreme seats of Sikh religious authority, issuing binding edicts called hukamnamas.

Panjaa (పంజా)

Panjaa (పంజా) is a 2011 Telugu action crime film directed by Vishnuvardhan, starring Pawan Kalyan as hitman Jai opposite Sarah Jane Dias, with Jackie Shroff as don Bhagavan, music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, released 9 December 2011 and re-released in 4K in 2026.

Panjab University (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ)

Panjab University (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ), founded in Lahore in 1882 as the fourth British university on the subcontinent, split at Partition into the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, and Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Panjabi MC

Panjabi MC (Rajinder Singh Rai, born 1970, Coventry) is a British bhangra producer and DJ whose Knight Rider-sampling 1998 hit "Mundian To Bach Ke" and 2003 Jay-Z remix "Beware of the Boys" took Punjabi music global.

Panjakent (Панҷакент)

Panjakent (Панҷакент, also Penjikent) is a city in the Zarafshan Valley of western Tajikistan near Samarkand, gateway to the ruins of the ancient Sogdian city of Panjikent (5th-8th centuries), Sarazm, and the Seven Lakes.

Panjalu

Panjalu, also known as Kadiri or Daha, was an East Javanese kingdom created around 1052 by the partition of Airlangga's realm and defeated by Singhasari in 1222.

Panjdeh incident

The Panjdeh incident, also spelled Penjdeh, was an 1885 Russian attack on Afghan forces at the Panjdeh oasis that nearly brought Britain and Russia to war.

Panjebar Semangat

Panjebar Semangat is a weekly Javanese-language magazine founded in Surabaya in 1933 by Dr. Soetomo as part of the independence struggle, certified as Indonesia's oldest magazine.

Panji Masyarakat

Panji Masyarakat, often shortened to Panjimas, is an Indonesian Islamic magazine founded on 15 June 1959 by four Muslim scholars, including Hamka, and a pioneer of Islamic renewal in Indonesia.

Panji tales

The Panji tales are a cycle of Javanese stories about Prince Panji and Princess Candra Kirana, who are separated and reunited after many trials, originating in Java around the 13th century.

Panjiang Puding power station

Panjiang Puding power station (盘江普定电厂) is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Puding County, Guizhou, China, with two 660 MW ultra-supercritical units that entered service in 2024 and 2025.

Panjin

Panjin (盘锦市) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Liaoning, China, at the center of the Liaohe Delta, established 1984. Known for the Liaohe oilfield, vast coastal wetlands, and the Red Beach seepweed flats.

Panjin–Jinzhou Oil Pipeline

The Panjin–Jinzhou Oil Pipeline is a set of three parallel pipelines in Liaoning, China, carrying crude oil, gasoline, and diesel between Jinzhou Port and Panjin.

Panjshir Province

Panjshir Province (پنجشیر), Afghanistan's smallest province, a Tajik-majority valley northeast of Kabul carved from Parwan in 2004; Massoud's anti-Soviet stronghold, last province to resist the Taliban in 2021, and home to major emerald mines.

Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Valley, Hindu Kush valley in north-central Afghanistan about 150 km north of Kabul; famed for emerald mining and resistance under Ahmad Shah Massoud against Soviet forces and, in 2021, the Taliban.

Panjurli

Panjurli is a boar spirit, or daiva, worshipped in Tulunadu in coastal Karnataka as a guardian of villages, fields, and households through the annual possession ritual bhuta kola.

Pankaj Bansal

Pankaj Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded the human capital management company PeopleStrong in Gurugram in 2005 and led it as group chief executive.

Pankaj Chaddah

Pankaj Chaddah is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Zomato, now Eternal Limited, with Deepinder Goyal in 2008, serving as chief operating officer before leaving in 2018 to co-found the wellness venture Shyft.

Pankaj Chaudhary

Pankaj Chaudhary is an Indian BJP politician, Union Minister of State for Finance, Lok Sabha member from Maharajganj, and president of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

Pankaj Doshi

Pankaj Doshi is an Indian businessman and minority shareholder of Waaree Energies, the Mumbai-based solar module manufacturer, becoming a billionaire with his three brothers after its 2024 listing.

Pankaj J. Pasricha

Pankaj J. Pasricha, also known as Pankaj Jay Pasricha, is a gastroenterologist and neurogastroenterology researcher who introduced botulinum toxin treatment for achalasia and chairs medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Pankaj Kapahi

Pankaj Kapahi is an aging biologist and professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, known for linking the TOR nutrient pathway to lifespan and for the eyeAge retinal aging clock.

Pankaj Kapur (पंकज कपूर)

Pankaj Kapur (पंकज कपूर), born 1954 in Ludhiana, is an Indian actor, director, and playwright of Hindi theater, television, and film, known for Karamchand, Office Office, Maqbool, and three National Film Awards.

Pankaj Khimji

Pankaj Khimji (Pankaj Kanaksi Khimji), Omani cricket administrator; Chairman of Oman Cricket since May 2021, succeeding his father Kanak Khimji; former ICC Associate Member Director and Asian Cricket Council vice-president; Khimji Ramdas Group director.

Pankaj Kumar Singh (पंकज कुमार सिंह) (politician)

Pankaj Kumar Singh (पंकज कुमार सिंह) is the Delhi BJP cabinet minister for Health, Transport and IT, first-time MLA from Vikaspuri (elected 2025), dentist by training, distinct from the IPS officer, the artist, and Rajnath Singh's son.