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Question
Mention any two changes that occurred in West Punjab in the 19th century.
Solution
Two changes that occurred in West Punjab in the nineteenth century are as:
- The British Indian government built a network of irrigation canals to transform semi-desert wastes into fertile agricultural lands that could grow wheat and cotton for export.
- The Canal Colonies, as the areas irrigated by the new canals were called, were settled by peasants from other parts of Punjab.
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