A 1947 partition divided the water in the basin of this 1,800-mile-long river on the border of Pakistan
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Ravi River - Wikipedia  Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and five other rivers are divided between India and Pakistan. Subsequently, the Indus Basin...
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India and Pakistan - The Atlantic  This 1800-mile-long river rises in the Himalayas of Tibet, is fed by six ... a unified area were, under partition, left pretty much on the Pakistani side of the border. ... after partition that India decided to cut off the flow of some of these waters from the ... be settled by engineers agreeing on a unified development of the basin.
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Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack  A 1947 PARTITION DIVIDED THE WATER IN THE BASIN OF THIS 1,800-MILE-LONG RIVER ON THE BORDER OF PAKISTAN, INDUS. THE 710-MILE-LONG...
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The Bloody Legacy of Indian Partition - The New Yorker  Jun 29, 2015 ... In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the ... nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. ... Whereas British rule in India had long been marked by violent revolts and ... out of a policy of divide-and-rule, was largely a contingent development.
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Rivers Divided | Hurst Publishers  Rivers Divided. Indus Basin Waters in the Making of India and Pakistan ... for Indian and Pakistani claims to sovereignty after South Asia's Partition in 1947. ... the Kashmir conflict and the riverine geography of Punjab's militarised border zone.
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Sutlej River | river, Asia | Britannica.com  Flowing northwestward and then west-southwestward through Himalayan ... it receives the Beas River and forms 65 miles (105 km) of the India-Pakistan ... The Indus and its longest tributary, the Sutlej, both rise in the trans-Himalayan region of Tibet. ... Three other rivers also begin in the west: the Xiangquan River (Tibetan:...
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The Bloody Legacy of Indian Partition - The New Yorker  Jun 29, 2015 ... In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, ... West and East Pakistan (the latter now known as Bangladesh) while millions ... and Sikhs on one side and Muslims on the othera mutual genocide as .... that his new country would guarantee freedom of religious expression.
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Indus River System - General Knowledge Today  The major tributary which joins the river Satluj in this tract is the river ... Chenab River, forming the Panjnad River near Bahawalpur.
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Geography of Pakistan - Wikipedia  The geography of Pakistan (Urdu:    ) is a profound blend of landscapes ... Pakistan is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and Iran to the ... The nation is geopolitically placed within some of the most controversial .... South of the northern highlands and west of the Indus River plain are the...
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Free Flashcards about BODIES OF WATER - StudyStack  ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST RIVERS, IT FORMS THE BORDER ... THIS LONGEST RIVER IN IRELAND NEARLY DIVIDES THE COUNTRY IN TWO...
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IranPakistan relations - Wikipedia  After the independence of Pakistan in August 1947, Iran had the unique distinction of being the ... Nevertheless, economic and trade relations continued to expand in both ... Iran has been a respected, popular, and favoured nation among Pakistanis, ..... The land border at Taftan is the conduit for trade in electricity and oil.
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Indo-Gangetic Plain | plain, Asia | Britannica.com  Indo-Gangetic Plain, also called North Indian Plain, extensive north-central section ... The region contains the subcontinent's richest and most densely populated areas. ... It is one of the longest rivers in the world, with a length of some 2,000 miles .... Britannica and test your knowledge of country names and alternate names.
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Delaware River | river, United States | Britannica.com  The river constitutes in part the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, the ... and, for a few miles, the boundary between Delaware and New Jersey. ... The main, or west, branch rises in Schoharie county, N.Y., at a point 1,886 feet ... The Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin was formed in 1936 by...
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Kalash sisters, North-West Frontier Province. Photo: Imran Schah ...  Officially called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the country shares borders with India in ... Pakistan has four provinces, namely Sindh, Punjab, North-Western Frontier ... The concept of indigenous peoples has made its way into Pakistan only ... Tribal Areas of Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province, the former.
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Partition of Bengal (1947) - New World Encyclopedia  Apr 2, 2015 ... The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided Bengal into the two separate entities of West ... East Bengal was renamed East Pakistan, and later became the .... Although Bangladesh declared the Muslim Kazi Nazrul Islam as its...
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Indus River System - General Knowledge Today  Apr 3, 2016 ... Indus River System is made of Indus River and its tributaries viz. ... Indus River originates in Tibet in northern slopes of Mount Kailash near ... Running via Ladakh, it enters into Pakistan through Gilgit-Baltistan and ends in Arabian Sea near ... longest river and world's 21st largest river in terms of annual flow.
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Free Flashcards about WORLD GEOGRAPHY - StudyStack  THE ANCIENT POETS OF INDIA CALLED THIS LONGEST RIVER OF PAKISTAN "KING RIVER", INDUS. AN AUTOPISTE, OR SUPERHIGHWAY, CONNECTS...
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Indus River - Wikipedia  The Indus River, also called the Sindh River or Absn, is a major south-flowing river in South ... Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with glaciers and rivers in the ... The ultimate source of the Indus is in Tibet; the river begins at the confluence of ..... The Mountain Areas Conservancy Project  Indus River watershed map...
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Regions & Divisions of Punjab - India  Punjab has various regions which were divided between India and Pakistan after ... as Panjab, is geographically found between the border of India and Pakistan. The origin of its name came up from Persian and means The Land of Five ... states of British India got 3 out of 5 rivers now coming under Pakistan while the left 2...
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Does Jammu & Kashmir belong to India or Pakistan? - Quora  Depends on who you ask. Pakistanis would say that the principle behind the 1947 partition of ... Kashmir, in 1947, had a majority of Muslims (headed by a Hindu ruler) and ... be the country of all Muslim majority provinces in British India after the separation of ... At times you may wonder, it could have been a part of Pakistan.
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MAHATMA > Commentary: The Epic March, 1928-1931  On March 9, 1930 crowds and crowds of men, women and children forded the river Sabarmati. ... In ten days, the marchers covered 115 miles-half the distance between Sabarmati and Dandi . ... On the fifteenth day, the band reached Broach and crossed the river Narmada. ... 4 Gandhi arrived at his sea-side resort for rest.