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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Partition</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong> /<br />
<strong>Social</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong><br />
What was the <strong>Partition</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>India</strong> & Pakistan?<br />
How has this event caused<br />
conflict between <strong>India</strong> &<br />
Pakistan on the years?<br />
.
How did the British view the<br />
<strong>in</strong>dependence <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>?<br />
British, after some<br />
conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g, looked upon<br />
<strong>in</strong>dependence for <strong>India</strong><br />
favorable<br />
¡ <strong>The</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> runn<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
overseas colony after<br />
World War II<br />
Agreed to grant <strong>India</strong><br />
her <strong>in</strong>dependence by<br />
the year 1947 on one<br />
condition:<br />
¡ <strong>India</strong> had to develop a<br />
plan for deal<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
religious issues
<strong>The</strong> last British governor <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Lord Mountbatten, &<br />
his wife with Gandhi, 1946
How did the British plan for<br />
“partition” work?<br />
<strong>The</strong> British left much <strong>of</strong><br />
the ground work to the<br />
<strong>India</strong>n people themselves<br />
¡ <strong>The</strong> British created the<br />
border <strong>of</strong> the two<br />
countries<br />
Government services /<br />
facilities would be slip<br />
equally (supposedly…)<br />
¡ <strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
communities could<br />
decided for themselves<br />
which country they<br />
wanted to live <strong>in</strong>
How did the <strong>India</strong>n people handle<br />
the partition <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>?<br />
<strong>The</strong> people <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong><br />
handled partition<strong>in</strong>g<br />
very poorly<br />
¡ Religious violence<br />
¡ Massive amount <strong>of</strong><br />
refugees<br />
¡ Poor treatment<br />
British did little to<br />
mediate<br />
¡ Gandhi will be<br />
assass<strong>in</strong>ated for<br />
defend<strong>in</strong>g fair<br />
treatment <strong>of</strong> Muslims
Refugee tra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>, 1947
Refugee tra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>, 1947
Refugee tra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>, 1947
Refugees flee<strong>in</strong>g to Pakistan, 1947
H<strong>in</strong>du - Muslim violence as a result <strong>of</strong> the partition, 1947
Refugee camps <strong>in</strong> Pakistan as a result <strong>of</strong> the partition, 1947
Lord Mountbatten & “the Countdown Clock”, 1947
Gandhi’s Assass<strong>in</strong>ation, 1948<br />
<strong>The</strong> assass<strong>in</strong>:<br />
Nathuram Godse
What are the major<br />
problems <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> today?<br />
§ Overpopulation 1 billion & climb<strong>in</strong>g<br />
§ Economic development<br />
§ H<strong>in</strong>du-Muslim tensions (More to come…)<br />
§ Gender issues “dowry kill<strong>in</strong>gs”<br />
§ Caste bias discrim<strong>in</strong>ation aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
“untouchables” cont<strong>in</strong>ues<br />
§ Border dispute and nuclear weapons.<br />
§ Political assass<strong>in</strong>ations.
<strong>The</strong> Pakistan / <strong>India</strong>n border (1948-present)
<strong>India</strong>n Soldiers Near the<br />
Pakistani Border - 2001
A Pakistani Ranger at the <strong>India</strong>n-<br />
Pakistani Jo<strong>in</strong>t Border Check Post<br />
<strong>in</strong> Wagha, <strong>India</strong> - 2001
Areas <strong>of</strong> Dispute (Kashmir)
Kashmiri Militants - 2003
<strong>India</strong> / Pakistan's nuclear test<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(1990’s)
What issues still exist over<br />
partition today?<br />
<strong>India</strong> & Pakistan<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue to debate the<br />
unresolved issues <strong>of</strong> the<br />
partition<strong>in</strong>g<br />
¡ Border issues<br />
¡ <strong>Issues</strong> over resources<br />
¡ Religious differences<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ue to hold one <strong>of</strong><br />
the longest, cont<strong>in</strong>ually<br />
armed borders <strong>in</strong> the<br />
world<br />
¡ New “nuclear” powers
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