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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 BRITISH COLONIAL CAPITAL- 1772 ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PARTITION DELHI (NEW AND OLD)- 15.3 MILLION BRITISH AND INDIAN SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FORMER 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 <115 SQ MI / 300 SQ KMS POPULATION OF 300,000 DRAVIDIAN AND SRI LANKA SOURCES OVERWHELMINGLY MUSLIM HIGHEST GNP IN THE REALM SRI LANKA FORMERLY CEYLON INDEPENDENT SINCE 1948 SRI LANKA 19.7 MILLION PEOPLE (70% BUDDHISTS) PLANTATION AGRICULTURE: TEA, RUBBER, COCONUTS SOUTH (MAJORITY OF POPULATION) SINHALA (INDO-EUROPEAN) NORTH (18% OF THE POPULATION) DRAVIDIAN HINDU TAMIL LANGUAGE SINHALESE vs TAMILS (INCLUDES MAP) TAMILS DEMANDED EQUAL RIGHTS: EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LANGUAGE AND POLITICS INSURGENT STATE LTTE – LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM SRI LANKA - PHOTOS