Inauguration of the Gang Canal(1927)

Maharaja Ganga Singh inaugurates the Gang Canal in 1927 — drawing water from the Sutlej river to irrigate 800,000 acres of Thar Desert and creating Sri Ganganagar.

Inauguration of the Gang Canal

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Maharaja Ganga Singh
Visionary ruler who commissioned and built the Gang Canal

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Gang Canal, Ganga Singh, Bikaner, irrigation, 1927, Thar Desert, Sri Ganganagar, agriculture

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