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SETTLEMENT OF THE THAL DESERT 19491969

04 Pages : 34-45

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).04      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).04      Published : Jun 2020

Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)

    The British introduced canal colonies system in Punjab province and Thal Canal Colony is one of them. The work on Thal Canal Colony had started in 1939 and could not be completed till the partition of the Subcontinent. Newly established state of Pakistan planned to complete the Thal Canal Colony Project on the emergency basis not only to solve the refugee problem but also to settle the people whose lands were destroyed by river action or due to waterlogging and saline. The main objective of this research work is to study the whole settlement process of the Thal in detail. The historical research approach has been applied, and data has been collected through primary and secondary sources. The Government of Pakistan not only completed the settlement process successfully but also provided all modern facilities of life to the new settlers.

    Adjustment, Colonization, Refugees, Settlement, TDA, Thal, Thal Canal Colony.
    (1) Muhammad Wasim Abbas
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mian Saeed Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Imran Ahmad
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Mian Saeed Ahmad, and Imran Ahmad. 2020. "Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)." Global Political Review, V (II): 34-45 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).04
    HARVARD : ABBAS, M. W., AHMAD, M. S. & AHMAD, I. 2020. Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969). Global Political Review, V, 34-45.
    MHRA : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Mian Saeed Ahmad, and Imran Ahmad. 2020. "Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)." Global Political Review, V: 34-45
    MLA : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Mian Saeed Ahmad, and Imran Ahmad. "Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)." Global Political Review, V.II (2020): 34-45 Print.
    OXFORD : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Ahmad, Mian Saeed, and Ahmad, Imran (2020), "Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)", Global Political Review, V (II), 34-45