INDIA TODAY

GOVERNMENT………

FEDERAL REPUBLIC

(same 3 branches of gov’t as U.S.)

Prime Minisster Dr. Manmohan Singh

POPULATION: 1,166,079,217

………..2ND LARGEST IN THE WORLD BEHIND CHINA……THE UNITED STATES IS 3RD

CAPTIAL CITY………..

NEW

DELHI

28 states and 7 territories

DEMOGRAPHIC TIDBITS

• Languages: Hindi and English (many others)

• Monetary Unit: Rupee ($1.00 = 44 rupees)

• Life Expectancy: F – 71.9 M – 66.9

• Education: compulsory from 6-14 (Lit. = 66%)

• Suffrage: 18 yrs and universal

CONCERNS

• INDUSTRIALIZATION

• POVERTY

• FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN (issue of Kashmir)

QUICK HISTORY

• Independence – 1947– Created as a home for

Muslims– Originally created as one

country on two sides of India (West and East Pakistan)

PAKISTAN SPLITS

Bangladesh – in 1971 East Pakistan declared its independence and became Bangladesh

COMPARISONINDIA

Population – 1,166,079,217

Main Religion – Hindu (81%)

Gov’t – Federal Republic

Defense Budget – $22.3 billion

PAKISTAN

Population – 176,242,949

Main Religion – Islam – (97%)

Gov’t – Republic

Defense Budget - $4.14 billion

OBAMA IN INDIA

• http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/11/24/bts.india.state.visit.cnn?iref=videosearch