When stoppage of Indus waters canal spooked Pakistan; Nehru called act inhuman

India Today · Avinash Kateel · 2026-07-10 03:12 UTC

Nearly eight decades before the PM Narendra Modi-led government suspended the 1960s Indus Waters Treaty, the government of East Punjab in 1948 stopped the headworks at the Upper Bari Doab Canal, part of the Indus system. The crisis forced the architect of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, to negotiate with India.

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