[citation needed] It was under the supervision of the 19-year-old Maharaja Ganga Singh who, after witnessing the miseries of the great 1899 famine, vowed to end starvation by building a canal in his State.

[citation needed] The British pussyfooted, refusing water rights from the Sutlej River in Punjab.

[citation needed] Ganga Singh persevered and raised a loan of 15 million for his irrigation scheme.

Bumper crops of wheat, cotton, mustard, and citrus fruit have generated industry and a building boom.

[citation needed] The majority of the population are Sikhs and Hindus, while only a few people constituting other sects stay here.

In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.