Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's whoBennett, Coleman & Company, 1915 - India Issues for 1919-47 include Who's who in India; 1948, Who's who in India and Pakistan. |
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Irrigation . In the West irrigation is a rare luxury , de- signed where it exists to increase the produc- tivity of a soil sure of a certain crop under a copious and well distributed rainfall . In great parts of the East , and ...
Irrigation . In the West irrigation is a rare luxury , de- signed where it exists to increase the produc- tivity of a soil sure of a certain crop under a copious and well distributed rainfall . In great parts of the East , and ...
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... Irrigation Commission . In order to substitute policy for spasmodic effort , the Irrigation commission was appointed by Lord Curzon's Government in 1901. It made a detailed survey of the conditions of the country , and produced the ...
... Irrigation Commission . In order to substitute policy for spasmodic effort , the Irrigation commission was appointed by Lord Curzon's Government in 1901. It made a detailed survey of the conditions of the country , and produced the ...
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... irrigation . The cost of this is estimated at Rs . 781 lakhs ( £ 5.211 millions ) . This scheme is estimated to confer the benefits of assured irrigation on 1,347,347 acres , which now receive a precarious supply , and to add 588,703 ...
... irrigation . The cost of this is estimated at Rs . 781 lakhs ( £ 5.211 millions ) . This scheme is estimated to confer the benefits of assured irrigation on 1,347,347 acres , which now receive a precarious supply , and to add 588,703 ...
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