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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 194969

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09      10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09      Published : Jun 2020

Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)

Abstract

    The Thal is a desert in the west of Punjab province of Pakistan having an area of five million-acre. It had been a barren piece of land for centuries. West Pakistan Government not only provided canal water to almost 2.1 million acres of the region but also developed the area from 1949 to 1969. The agricultural development of the Thal region carried out by the Thal Development Authority is a historical event in the history of Pakistan. This study is historical research and data has been collected through primary and secondary sources. This paper will highlight the agricultural development of the region in detail and its socio-economic effects on the masses as well.

    Agricultural Development, New Villages, Mandi towns, Thal, Thal Canal, Thal Development Authority.

    (1) Muhammad Wasim Abbas
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Imran Ahmad
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Abbas, M. W., Ahmad, I., & Leghari, M. F. A. (2020). Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69). Global Regional Review, V(II), 80-89. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Imran Ahmad, and Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari. 2020. "Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)." Global Regional Review, V (II): 80-89 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ABBAS, M. W., AHMAD, I. & LEGHARI, M. F. A. 2020. Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69). Global Regional Review, V, 80-89.

MHRA

    MHRA : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Imran Ahmad, and Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari. 2020. "Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)." Global Regional Review, V: 80-89

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    MLA : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Imran Ahmad, and Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari. "Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)." Global Regional Review, V.II (2020): 80-89 Print.

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    OXFORD : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Ahmad, Imran, and Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar (2020), "Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)", Global Regional Review, V (II), 80-89

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Abbas, Muhammad Wasim, Imran Ahmad, and Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari. "Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)." Global Regional Review V, no. II (2020): 80-89. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09