SOUTH ASIA II
SOUTH ASIA II
(CHAPTER 8: 387-417)
KEY CONCEPTS APPLICABLE TO THE REALM
CENTRIPETAL - CENTRIFUGAL FORCES
FORWARD CAPITAL
* ISLAMABAD
IRREDENTISM
* PATHANS (OR PASHTUNS) OF PAKISTAN RELATED TO PEOPLES OF CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN
FEDERAL SYSTEM
* ADOPTED BY INDIA IN 1947
* PROVIDES REGIONS AND PEOPLES WITH SOME AUTONOMY AND IDENTITY
PAKISTAN (AT PARTITION) - MAP
PAKISTAN CURRENTLY - MAP
PAKISTAN
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
POPULATION OF 149.6 MILLION
80% SUNNI MUSLIMS; 16% SHIA MINORITY
SUBREGIONS:
* PUNJAB
* SIND
* BALUCHISTAN
* NORTH WEST FRONTIER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PAKISTAN)
33% URBANIZED
LOW INCOME ECONOMY
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION BEGAN IN 1990 TO BOOST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
COTTON-BASED TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND RICE
SUPPORTS A LARGE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT (EMERGING REGIONAL POWER)
KASHMIR
INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION
* JAMMU & KASHMIR FACED WITH THE CHOICE OF JOINING EITHER HINDU INDIA OR MUSLIM PAKISTAN
* KASHMIR – HINDU MAHARAJA BUT MUSLIM POPULATION
1947 – PAKISTANI TRIBESMEN INVADE
MAHARAJA FLEES TO DELHI AND ACCEDES TO INDIA
INDIAN TROOPS DEPLOY – PAKISTANI REGULARS JOIN IN THE FIGHT
JANUARY 1949 – U.N. CEASE FIRE
1980-88 MUSLIM EXTREMISTS CONTINUE INSURGENCY
INDIA - MAP
INDIA
ENCOMPASSES 3/4s OF SOUTH ASIA’S TOTAL AREA
A FEDERATION OF 28 STATES, 6 UTs, AND 1 NCT
POPULATION OF 1.086 BILLION PEOPLE
28% URBANIZED
14 MAJOR AND NUMEROUS MINOR LANGUAGES (LINGUA FRANCA?)
CENTRIPETAL VS CENTRIFUGAL FORCES?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (INDIA)
GDP OF $450 PER PERSON
38% LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
A MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL VILLAGE FARMING AND MODERN AGRICULTURE
HANDICRAFTS, OLD AND NEW BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY
MULTITUDE OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND NUCLEAR POWER
CLOTHING INDUSTRY
INDIA - PHOTOS
GREEN REVOLUTION
THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER YIELD, FAST-GROWING VARIETIES OF RICE AND OTHER CEREALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
* INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM-1960s
* FOCUSED ON THE FOOD CRISES
* INCREASED PRODUCTION PER UNIT AREA VIA:
* MIRACLE CROPS
* NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
* INTENSIVE USE OF FERTILIZERS
INDIA’S GREAT CITIES
MUMBAI (BOMBAY)- 18.3 MILLION
* ACHIEVED “PRIMACY” BASED ON ITS SITUATION (SUEZ CANAL)
KOLKATA (CALCUTTA)- 14.3 MILLION
* 500,000 HOMELESS
* FORMER BRITISH COLONIAL CAPITAL- 1772
* ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PARTITION
DELHI (NEW AND OLD)- 15.3 MILLION
* BRITISH AND INDIAN SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
INDIA’S GREAT CITIES - MAPS
BANGLADESH - MAP
BANGLADESH
INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971
FORMERLY EAST PAKISTAN
85% MUSLIM, 12% HINDU
139.5 MILLION PEOPLE
PHYSIOLOGIC DENSITY = 3,800/sq mi
2.2% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA GNP = 350 US DOLLARS
NATURAL HAZARDS – CYCLONES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (BANGLADESH)
LOW LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
ONE OF THE WORLD’S POOREST AND LEAST DEVELOPED STATES
ECONOMY IS OVERWHELMINGLY AGRICULTURAL
CULTIVATION OF RICE IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY IN THE ECONOMY.
THE MOUNTAINOUS NORTH - MAP
THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS
MALDIVES
* >1,000 ISLANDS
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