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South Asia in the World Today

Chapter 10

Regional and Global Issues in South Asia

India and the Subcontinent

• Conflict over Kashmir – India & Pakistan – Irrigation – Pride

• Nuclear Weapons – India & Pakistan

• Flood control – India & Bangladesh

• Humanitarian Aid – India & Bangladesh

India and the World

• Nonalignment during the Cold War

• India received aid from both the US & USSR

• Relations with China– Conflict over Tibet– Nuclear Weapons

Pakistan and the World

• The Cold War– US aided Pakistan against the USSR– Pakistan has become more aligned with Middle

East after collapse of USSR

• Terrorism

Afghanistan and the World

• Buffer State – a small country located between larger, hostile powers

• Fought against the Soviets during brutal wars– Rise of Al Qaeda (the Network)– Osama bin Laden

• Taliban government

Current Conflicts in South Asia

A. India and

Pakistan

Conflict between

Pakistan and India continues over Kashmir.

1947: Pakistan invaded Kashmir

1965: Second war

over Kashmir

1998: India tested their first nuclear weapon. Pakistan

followed with nuclear tests.

1999: Fighting breaks out.

Both sides back off from war.

Nine killed in violence in India's KashmirMarch 21, 2001JAMMU, India -- Nine people have been killed in a series of military skirmishes in India's troubled northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Nuclear Weapons

• India first tested a nuclear device in 1974

• Pakistan proclaims possession of nuclear weapons in 1997

• Neither nation has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

– 1968 – limit the spread of nuclear weapons

India & Bangladesh• India supported the freedom

movement by East Pakistan, which became Bangladesh

• Bangladesh wants more support for flooding problems

• Refugees flee Bangladesh to escape poverty; India has shut down its borders

India & USA

• No direct alignment with the USA or USSR during the Cold War

• The USA provided aid to Pakistan; India distrusted the USA

India & China

• India sought friendly relationships with its neighbors after independence

• India & China disagreed over Chinese occupation of Tibet

• India keeps a close eye on its northern border with China

Pakistan & the World

• India & Pakistan did not like communists, USSR, because they felt like their independence could be threatened

• Possible home of Terrorists & Al-Qaida

B. Issues in India

India’s economy today

• Top Industries

– Textiles, Chemicals, Food Processing, Steel

• Indian Unemployment

– 6.8 %

• Exchange Rate

– 43.32 Rupees = 1$ US

• Arts & Literature

– Based on traditional stories from religion

– Dance and Theatre are very important

– Tagore – one of India’s most famous writers

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Bollywood – Home to Hindi language movies

• Bombay/Mumbai – home to India’s movie industry

• India’s first movie made in 1913

• India is the largest motion picture industry in the world; 900 films a year

• Hollywood 600 films a year

Apr. Population: 1,095,352,000 Second largest

pop. in the world

Population – growth rate 1.6%

• Problems associated with a huge population (25 cities 1 million +)– Food

– Homes

– Water

– Modernizing

– Disease

Cities Today

• Thousands move to major cities every day, like Calcutta, Karachi, Mumbai

• People live in makeshift slums

• Major divisions exist between rich and poor

India’s Economy Today

• 60% of people work in agriculture

• 28% of people work in new service industries

• New Technology has helped expand the economy

• Important Industries

–Textiles, chemicals, steel, software, mining

Environmental Issues• Irrigation & Water Pollution – Narmada Valley

Project

–Building of 30 major & 3,000 minor dams

–Electric power will be created

• Bhopal Accident – American chemical plant accident, killed 2,000

• Modernizing vs. Environmental Protection

1. Muslim/Hindu violence continues

1992: Hindu mob destroyed the mosque in

Ayodhya.

Riots followed killing over

2000 people.

Hindu fundamentalists want to build a

Hindu temple in place of the mosque.

2. Hindu fundamentalism

opposes INC secularism.

1996: Fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won

the election.

But they did not have a majority

and had to form a coalition

government.

The coalition only lasted a

month, and the United Front

took over.

The United Front was a coalition of

small leftist parties including the Communists.

1997: BJP came back to power.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister.

The current president of the

INC and candidate in recent elections

has been Sonia Gandhi.

Sonia Gandhi is the Italian born wife of

Rajiv.

Priyanka Vadra and Rahul

Gandhi, children of Rajiv and

Sonia Gandhi.

Rahul is in politics with his mother.

Maneka Gandhi, wife of Sonjay,

and her son, Varun, have

joined the BJP.

Indian Politics

Indian Elections

• President Elected every 5 years with no term limits

• Prime Minister Elected within every 5 years by members of Parliament – Last election 2004– Next election not after May 2009

• Parliament elected every 5 years

Indian Elections

• Prime Minister is elected through majority within Indian Parliament– Coalitions must exist for majority to exist

• Current Make up of India’s Parliament– INC 153, BJP 122, CPI (M) 42, SP 33, RJD 24, BSP

17, DMK 16, NCP 11, SS 11, BJD 10, CPI 10, SAD 7, JD (U) 6, PMK 6, JMM 5, LJSP 4, TDP 3, MDMK 2, TRS 2, plus some empty seats and independents

Indian Elections

• Begin April 16, 2009

• End May 28, 2009

• Major Parties in Current Government– BJP – Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) – INC – Indian National Congress– CPI – Communist Party of India– SP – Samajawadi Party

Election Symbols

• Used because electorate is not fully literate

• http://www.indian-elections.com/candidates/party-election-symbols.html

• The Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant• Ever wondered what the story was behind these two famous party animals?• • The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew

Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.

•

• Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.

• Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.

In 2004 the INC won the

elections

Sonia Gandhi refused to

become Prime Minister

Unable to change her mind, the INC chose Manmohan

Singh

For the first time, a Sikh leads India

3. Sikh nationalism in the Punjab

Resentment follows partition

of the Punjab between Pakistan

and India.

Sikh nationalists demand their own nation

called Khalistan.

1984: Sikh seperatists take over the Golden Temple.

The Indian army attacks the temple.

Over 600 die in the

attack.

Indira Gandhi assassinated by

her Sikh bodyguards.

1985: Sikh terrorists blow up Air India plane flying out of Toronto, Canada,

killing 329.

Sikh nationalism

continues, but lacks any force

Dr Jagjit Singh Chauhan

4. Ethnic divisions have

created nationalist

movements

The state of Assam also

has seperatist nationalists

The Boro separatist

movement is another example.

National Democratic Front of

BOROLAND

Tamil separatists want their own nation

They are called the Tamil Nadu

Liberation Front.

Tamil Nadu is the name of a state in

India

The area demanded by the Tamil nationalists

includes most of southern India and northern Sri Lanka

C. Sri Lanka

Tamil Nationalism: Sri Lanka has a

majority of Sinhalese and a minority of

Tamils.

Following independence the Tamils demanded their own nation

called Eelam

Fighting continued from

1976 to present.

Sri Lankan missing in Tamil sea raidMarch 21, 2001

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- Seven sailors were killed when a Sri Lankan navy boat was sunk by Tamil Sea Tigers in an attack .                                                         

February 2003: Truce signed by both sides.

D. Nepal

Nepalese Communist Rebels have been fighting to

overthrow the government since 1996.

Prachanda

Communists control 70% of the rural

areas

Over 13,000 people have died in the civil war

In 2001, the heir to the throne

killed 11 members of the royal family…

Including the king, queen, and himself

His brother Gyanendra

became king

As rebellions continued,

Gyendra took complete control

in 2002

During the first months of 2006 there were daily protests in the

streets of the capital.

On April 24th, 2006, Gyendra

restored Parliament to

power

On April 27th the Communist rebels

declared a ceasefire and the new government reciprocated.

On May 18th the Parliament

stripped Gyanendra of

most of his power

E. Conflicts in

Pakistan

Afghanistan, the U.S., 9/11 and

Islamic Fundamentalism

Pakistan supported the

Taliban takeover in 1995

1996: Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden move to

Afghanistan

Greatest support for Islamic

fundamentalism comes from the

Pashtun

9/11

Pakistan dropped

support for the Taliban

And opened military bases for use by the U.S. military

They continue to pursue Al Qaeda and Taliban members on the Afghan-Pakistan

border

  Official: U.S. troops

train commandos in PakistanWednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 1610 GMT (0010 HKT)

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