Disputed Waters

India, Pakistan and the Transboundary Rivers

Bibliographic Data

ID6170843
AuthorsA Ranjan (0000-0002-9576-7903, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume4
Issue2
Pages191-205
Publication date2016-10-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Indian Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2321-0230 • E-ISSN: 2321-7472
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2321023016665529
OpenAlexW2539290012
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

Water disputes between India and Pakistan reflect the political relationship between the two countries since partition of British India in 1947. That partition broke the interdependent hydraulic system. In following decades, tensions between India and Pakistan have led to emergence of ‘water nationalism’ in both countries. In the past, many groups, in both countries, have made appeals to their respective government to scrap the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) of 1960, but no steps were taken in such direction by either of the two states. The IWT has survived two full wars (1965 and 1971), one limited war (1999) and a series of political-cum-military tensions (1987, 1989–90, 2002 and 2008) between India and Pakistan

Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Indus · Nationalism · Partition (number theory · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Law · Mathematics · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Geology

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