The Impact of Partition of the Punjab on the Canal Water Distribution: An Historical Analysis
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After the World War II, the British government finally decided to leave India but it was not a country in which they could hand over power to its natives and quit. It was the home of diverse religious, cultural and ethnic communities. Hindus were in dominent majority and Muslims were the second largest community. The Muslims were worried about the Hindu majority in any future democratic set up. They demanded the partition of India into two independent and sovereign states (India and Pakistan) to secure their future but Hindus bitterly opposed the idea of partition. In their opposition to a muslim state (Pakistan), they maneuvered support of Sikhs who were five million concentrated only in Punjab and demanded partition of the Punjab. Ultimately, their demand was accepted by the British Government and Muslim League and the Province was divided into Eastern and Western Punjab. This paper is an attempt to highlight the reasons and events of the partition of Punjab which led to the division of canal irrigation system and its impact on water management and development in the Indus River Basin and also on the agricultural economy of Pakistan
محمد نواز بھٹی, محمد عمران. (2019) پنجاب کی تقسیم اور نہری پانی کا تنازعہ: تاریخی و تنقیدی مطالعہ, , Volume 30, Issue 1.
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