PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
INDIAN ISLANDS
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Question
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What is the name of the canal built in 1958 to bring water to the Thar desert?
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Mississippi canal
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Hindustan canal
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Indira Gandhi canal
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none of above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Previously known as the Rajasthan Canal, it was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal on 2 November 1984 following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indira Gandhi Canal: Idea, Design, and Construction In the late 1940s, Hydraulic engineer Kanwar Sain brought the idea of bringing water from Himalayan rivers flow through Punjab and flow into Punjab.
Detailed explanation-3: -in Rajasthan. This canal enters in Rajasthan at Hanumangarh. From tail of Indira Gandhi Feeder 445 Km. long Indira Gandhi Main Canal starts which passes through Sri Ganganagar and Bikaner districts and ends at Mohangarh in Jaisalmer.
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