Bikaner Canal Colony (in Punjab)

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Bikaner Canal Colony (in Punjab) is an irrigated settlement region in present-day Punjab that developed along the Bikaner Canal system, historically associated with the former princely state of Bikaner.

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Bikaner Canal Colony (in Punjab) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal colony ⓘ
irrigated settlement region ⓘ
administrativeContext present-day Indian Punjab ⓘ
associatedWith Bikaner State irrigation policy ⓘ
country India ⓘ
developedAlong Bikaner Canal system ⓘ
economicActivity canal-irrigated farming ⓘ
crop cultivation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic irrigated agriculture ⓘ
planned agricultural settlement ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Princely State of Bikaner ⓘ
linked to: Bikaner State
historicalRegion area influenced by Bikaner State irrigation projects ⓘ
influencedBy canal colonization policies in northwestern India ⓘ
infrastructure irrigation channels and distributaries ⓘ
landUse intensive irrigated agriculture ⓘ
linkedTo Bikaner Canal irrigation network ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
locatedIn Indian Punjab ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

Punjab, India ⓘ
linked to: Punjab
partOf canal colony system of northwestern India ⓘ
purpose agricultural development ⓘ
settlement of cultivators in irrigated tracts ⓘ
settlementPattern village settlements aligned with canal distributaries ⓘ
terrainType formerly arid or semi-arid land converted to irrigated land ⓘ
timePeriod late colonial and post-colonial era ⓘ
waterSource Bikaner Canal ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal

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Bikaner State → borderedBy → Bikaner Canal Colony (in Punjab) ⓘ