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The CHENAB COLONY, resulting from the great success of the Chenab Canal in irrigating the desert of the Bar, was formed out of the three adjacent districts of Gujranwala, Jhang, and Montgomery(Sahiwal) in 1892, and . It lies in the Rechna Doab between the Chenab and Ravi rivers in the north-east of the Jhang district, and is designed to include an irrigated area of 21/2 million acres. The Chenab Canal (opened 1887) is the largest and most profitable perennial canal in India. The principal town isLyallpur, called after Sir J. Broadwood Lyall, lieutenant-governor of the Punjab 188 7 2892, which gives its name to a district created in 1904.