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SOUTH ASIA II
  • (CHAPTER 8:  387-417)
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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
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PAKISTAN (AT PARTITION)
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PAKISTAN
  • ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
  • POPULATION OF 149.6 MILLION
  • 80% SUNNI MUSLIMS; 16% SHIA MINORITY
  • SUBREGIONS:
    • PUNJAB
    • SIND
    • BALUCHISTAN
    • NORTH WEST FRONTIER


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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)
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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
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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?



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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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THE MOUNTAINOUS NORTH
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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
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SRI LANKA

  • 19.7 MILLION PEOPLE (70% BUDDHISTS)
  • PLANTATION AGRICULTURE:
    • TEA, RUBBER, COCONUTS
  • SOUTH (MAJORITY OF POPULATION)
      • ARYAN
      • BUDDHISTS
      • SPEAK SINHALA (INDO-EUROPEAN)
  • NORTH (18% OF THE POPULATION)
      • DRAVIDIAN
      • HINDU
      • TAMIL LANGUAGE
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"SINHALESE vs TAMILS"

  • SINHALESE vs TAMILS
  • TAMILS DEMANDED EQUAL RIGHTS:
  • --  EDUCATION
  • --  EMPLOYMENT
  • --  LAND OWNERSHIP
  • --  LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
  • INSURGENT STATE
  • LTTE – LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM
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SOUTH ASIA II
  • (CHAPTER 8:  387-477)