Abstract
This paper focuses on agricultural colonization projects from 1885 to 1947 in
Punjab. It will be helpful to understand agricultural colonization of the Punjab by
the British government and further to establish a link with migration trends during
the partition of Punjab in 1947. Among other canal colonies areas, Lower Chenab
Colony greatly transformed the agricultural economy of the Punjab. The case
study research material has been primarily drawn from the District Colony
Record Office Toba Tek Singh, Punjab Archives Lahore and the British Library. It
shows that social engineering through which British government developed Toba
Tek Singh, constructed a hydraulic society, controlled by the colonial state
through the control of canal waters. Its specific composition also gives clue to the
migration trends during the Partition of Punjab in 1947. The local non-Muslims’
(Hindu and Sikh) previous family links with the East Punjab became one of the
major factors in their migration to India.
Nayyer Abbas, Tahir Mahmood, Fatima Riffat. (2018) Constructing ‘hydraulic’ Society1 in Lower Chenab Colony: A Case Study of Toba Tek Singh (1900-1947), Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 55, Issue 2.
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