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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ranjan, Amit

Titel

Rivers and canals as “other factors” in the partition of India

Ist Teil von

• Water history, 2021, Vol.13 (3), p.319-335

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The demand to partition British India was mainly made on the basis of Hindu-Muslim “differences”. However, at the time of drawing boundary line, the Boundary Commission (BC) for Bengal and Punjab also considered “other factors”. In fact, some of the decisions of the BC were highly influenced by the “other factors.” This paper examines how the other factors,’ mainly canals, rivers, and irrigation systems, influenced Radcliffe’s decisions to demarcate the boundary between India and Pakistan. It looks at some of the debates on Radcliffe’s decisions regarding the territory and analyses the bearing of such decisions on the water disputes between India-Pakistan, and India-Bangladesh.