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Neeli Bar (also spelt Nili; Punjabi: نیلی بار) is the section of the Bar region in western Punjab located between the rivers Ravi and Sutlej.[1] It comprises the central and southern parts of Bari Doab, and corresponds to the present-day Okara, Sahiwal, and Pakpattan districts.[2]
Neeli Bar derives its name from the blue (Punjabi: Neela) colour of river Sutlej. The region is particularly well-known for the water buffalo breed, the Nili-Ravi.[3] Like the rest of Bar region, Neeli Bar was sparsely populated until the agricultural colonisation of the area in 1926, when Nili Bar Colony was established.[4]
- ^ Soofi, Mushtaq (13 June 2014). "Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab". Dawn. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ Tariq Butt (3 January 2022). "Influential duo rules Neeli Bar". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ Nili-Ravi water buffaloes Dairy Knowledge Portal website, Retrieved 26 May 2023
- ^ Ali, Imran (2014). The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885–1947. Princeton University Press. pp. 5–12. ISBN 978-1-4008-5958-0.