Bari Doab
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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
[edit] Bari Doab
A doab or 'tract between two rivers' (the Beas and Ravi) in the Punjab, lying between 29° 22' and 32° 30' N. and 71° 6' and 75° 58' E., and comprising Amritsar District and portions of Gurdaspur, Lahore, Montgomery, and Multan. The name was formed by the Mughal emperor Akbar, by combining the first syllables of the names of the two rivers.
