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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