India

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India

• British Colony
• Indian Nationalist Movement
• Britain votes to grant India independence
• debate between Muslim minority and Hindu
  Majority over land

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The Partition of India

• 1947 (August 15)
• Muslims wanted their own nation
• Riots broke out over plan to divide India
• Muslims moved into northwestern territory of
  India and named their nation Pakistan
• - Hindu population dominated India

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Mohandas K. Gandhi

• led movement to gain independence from Britain
• - Used non-violent techniques to bring about
  change and restore peace (Satyagraha)
• - did not want India divided, wished for all
  Indians to stay unified
• - was assassinated in 1948

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India Today
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Currency

• Monetary unit Rupee

1 US Dollar 43 Rupees 1 Rupee 100 Paise
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Language

• Hindi and English

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Population

• over a billion citizens, 2nd most populated
  nation in the world!
• Majority is Hindu 82
• Minority - Muslim 12
• - Christian 2.3
• Due to lack of agricultural jobs, many citizens
  have moved into cities
• Overcrowding
• poor living conditions
• - lack of basic services water, sewage

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Economy

• British built railroads are main transportation
• focus on farming Green Revolution
• - 1 producer of Cotton
• Heavy Industry

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Social Change

• 1. Caste system
• 2. Family life
• - big emphasis on family
• 3. Marriage
• - Arranged by parents
• - Boys age 21, girls age 18
• - Dowry system Groom ask Brides family
• for or car,
  appliance, etc

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Education

• big emphasis on education in India
• system is based on British model
• One school building for (K-10th grade)
• 1 Room per grade (all 10th in one class)
• Board Exam
• exam that determines whether you get to go to
  college or not, if you fail then you join the
  work force or retake.
• - Families desire to send their children to the
  US for college education.

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Sports

• National Sport is Cricket
• - similar to baseball
• - 11 players per team
• - 2 innings (600 pitches)

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Pakistan

• East and West Pakistan were separated by India,
  both were Muslim nations but very different in
  culture.
• 1971 East Pakistan became independent and changed
  their name to Bangladesh
• TODAY
• West Pakistan Pakistan
• - East Pakistan Bangladesh

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Pakistan

• Military run nation, semi-democracy
• President Pervez Musharraf
• emphasis on farming and heavy industry
• - tried to take the Muslim province of Kashmir
  away from India

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Conflict

• Pakistan and India dont get along very well
• US gave economic and military support to Pakistan
  during the Cold War
• - There have been several wars between India and
  Pakistan over the province of Kashmir

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Going Nuclear

• 1974 India test their first
• nuclear weapon
• and becomes a nuclear
• world power
• in response, Pakistan sought to purchase the same
  technology
• 1998 Pakistan gets their first
• nuke, both nations test
• weapons and almost go to
• war

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- Relations between India and Pakistan have
improved, but the threat of constant war is
ever-present.