Ganga Canal (Rajasthan)The Ganga Canal (also called Gang Canal) of Rajasthan is an irrigation system of canals in the present district of Sri Ganganagar fed from the Sutlej River from Ferozepur Headworks 10 km northwest of Firozpur in Punjab state, close to the India–Pakistan border, and passes through the Faridkot, Fazilka and Muktsar districts of Punjab before entering Rajasthan in Ganganagar district and ends in Hanumangarh district.
SuratgarhSuratgarh is a city/tehsil and a municipality in Sri Ganganagar district and is the biggest of the district's 7 tehsils. Suratgarh is also known as "Cotton city" and "Bowl of grain" of Rajasthan due to the high cotton and wheat production in this area. Suratgarh is 77 km away in South from it district headquarters just nearby Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indianstate of Rajasthan. It was founded by Maharaja Surat Singh.
SutlejThe Sutlej River or the Satluj River is a major river in Asia, flowing through China, India and Pakistan, and is the longest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It is also known as Satadru; and is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. The combination of the Sutlej and Chenab rivers in the plains of Punjab forms the Panjnad, which finally flows into the Indus River at Mithankot.
Bahawalpur (princely state)Today part ofPunjab, PakistanState of Bahawalpur was a state in the Punjab region of South Asia that existed as a sovereign polity from 1748 to 1833 and as a princely state, under subsidiary alliance with British India from 1833 to 1947 and later Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. It was a part of the Punjab States Agency; and covered an area of 45,911 km (17,726 sq mi) with a population of 1,341,209 in 1941. The capital of the state was the town of Bahawalpur.
Bikaner StateBikaner State was a princely state in the north-western most part of the Rajputana province of imperial British India from 1818 to 1947. The founder of the state, Rao Bika, was a younger son of Rao Jodha, the ruler and founder of the city of Jodhpur in Marwar.
RajasthanState in northwestern IndiaState in Northwest India, IndiaRajasthan (Hindi: Rājasthāna, pronounced ; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area.
Sri Ganganagar districtSri Ganganagar district is the northernmost district of Rajasthan state of India. The district headquarters is Sri Ganganagar.
Ganga SinghGeneral Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh (13 October 1880 – 2 February 1943) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner (in present-day Rajasthan, India) from 1888 to 1943. As a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, he was present in the Palace of Versailles during signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the First World War.
India–Pakistan borderThe India–Pakistan border is the international boundary that separates the nations of the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. At its northern end is the Line of Control, which separates Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir from Pakistani-administered Kashmir; and at its southern end is Sir Creek, a tidal estuary in the Rann of Kutch between the Indian state of Gujarat and the Pakistani province of Sindh.
IndiaCountry in South AsiaIndia, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
States and union territories of IndiaIndia is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories in turn are each subdivided into districts, of which a total of around 800 exist. Districts contain further levels of administrative subdivisions. Under the Indian Constitution and laws, the states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government.
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