what name was given by british government to newly irrigated area to settle peasant of punjab?
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The Punjab Canal Colonies is the name given to parts of western Punjab which were brought under cultivation through the construction of canals and agricultural colonisation during the British Raj.
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The Punjab Canal Colonies is the designation given to portions of western Punjab which were brought under farming through the formation of channels during the period of British Raj. Between 1885 and 1940, nine canal provinces were formed in the inter-fluvial regions which lies to the eastward side of the Beas and Sutlej and westward side of the Jhelum river.
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