Kangra patwari's defining role in a scholarly work on kuhls : The Tribune India
19949 (From left) Patwari Krishan Kumar Sharma and the writer (second) with their family members in Palampur in the 1990s. J Mark Baker On January 16, I received the sad news that Krishan Kumar Sharma, retired patwari, residing in Chimbal Har near Palampur, had passed away. He was 88 years old, a dear friend and mentor. We first met in the autumn of 1990, when I was beginning field research on the kuhl irrigation systems of Kangra valley for my PhD degree. The gravity flow, community-based irrigation system of Kangra valley in Himachal comprises one of the largest locally managed irrigation ...