1st Edition

Punjab River Waters Dispute in South Asia Historical Legacies, Political Competition, and Peasant Interests

By Kuldip Singh Copyright 2025
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the Punjab river waters controversy in South Asia, a major defining feature of Punjab politics. It also studies the difficult situation relating to the waters at the intersectionality of Punjab, the rural Sikh community, the neighboring state of Haryana, and the Indian central government.   Analyzing the history of the dispute dating back to the... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Origins of the Dispute: 1947-1979; Chapter 3. Tripartite Agreement and the Political Turmoil; Chapter 4. The Abrogation of Accords, and ‘Politics of Region’; Chapter 5. Supreme Court Verdict on the Termination Act, and its Aftermath; Chapter 6. Conclusions: Reflecting on Legacies, Political Competition, and Peasant Interests; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Kuldip Singh is a former Professor of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. During his tenure, he served as Head of the Department and was also the editor of the Punjab Journal of Politics. In recent years, he has published extensively on Sikh ethno-nationalism and fall of Punjab militancy.