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India: Government and Political Challenges

Explore the complexities of the Indian federal system, the structure and functions of the government, and the political challenges faced by the world's largest democracy.

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India: Government and Political Challenges

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  1. India: Government and Political Challenges Chapter 9 Section 2

  2. IndianGovernment • Federal System: #1 • power divided between central gov’t and state gov’t • In India Federal gov’t more powerful than state gov’t

  3. IndianGovernment • World’s largest democracy • Constitution (1950): • individual rights and social services • Outlawed: Untouchability • Healthcare • Federal Union of States • 28 states and 7 territories • Parliamentary Democracy: #2 • Form of government in which power lies in the hands of the political party that wins a majority of seats in parliament • Prime Minister: leader of political party wins majority

  4. IndianGovernment • 3 Branches of Government #3 • Parliament Two houses: #3 • Council of State: members are chosen by the state legislatures: • Upper House – Rajya Sabha • House of the People: elected directly by the people – • Lower House – Lok Sabha • Council of Ministers – Cabinet – executive powers

  5. The 2014 general election took place in nine phases in India, the longest election in the country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha. Indian Elections 2014

  6. Emblem of India Dr. Manmohan SinghPrime Minister 2004 INC OUT 2014 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2014 BJP Party

  7. Political Parties • Many political parties: federal and state level • To represent the interests of different caste, language, religious, or regional groups #4 • INC: dominated for years – party of independence #5 • BJP: Bharata Janata Party#5 • Cultural Nationalism - Hindutva • Coalition of opposition to INC • Coalition: #6 • If no party wins a majority of seats in parliament • Government in which several parties join to rule - issues

  8. Dividing Forces #7 • Divisions: • Caste system • Cultural Diversity • Treatment of Sikhs and Separatism • Muslim-Hindu clashes • Modern nationality limited

  9. Government Weakens the Caste System #8 • Obstacle to Modernization • Outlawed Untouchability - Constitution • Discrimination illegal • Compensatory discrimination: quota system – to help Harijans/Dalit (p.207) • Set aside openings for Untouchables • Government, public jobs, education • Still not fully accepted - Why? • gap between law and tradition

  10. Unifying Forces #9 • Bonds: • Commitment to Democracy • Millions of Indians share a common faith • Hindu traditions create important ties for the majority of Indians • Strong leaders

  11. What force both divides and unifies the people of India? #10 • Religion

  12. India’s Persecution of the Sikhs Punjab Operation Blue Star June 1984 was an Indian military operation, ordered by Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, under the pretext of removing Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The activists, led by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, were accused of amassing weapons in the Sikh temple.

  13. Indian Leaders

  14. NehruFamily

  15. Jawaharlal Nehru • First Prime minister of India (1947-1964) • Ally of Gandhi • Goal: to create a modern industrialized secular nation #11 • casteless • Secular: without official religion • socialism

  16. Non-Alignment Movement

  17. Indira Gandhi #11 • Nehru’s daughter. • Prime Minister of India, 1966-1984. • Continues Nehru’s policies. • Faced corruption charges & internal rebellion. • Assassinated in 1984 by Sikh assassin

  18. Rajiv Gandhi #11 • Indira’s son. • Prime Minister of India, 1984-1989. • Liberalization of the Economy • Also faced rebellion. • Assassinated in 1991 while campaigning • Show Assassination Video

  19. India v. Pakistan: Dangerous Rivals

  20. India-Pakistan Border Disputes

  21. 1971India-PakistanWar

  22. Mrs. Gandhi with her troops

  23. 2002 Military Statistics

  24. Stop

  25. Kashmir

  26. The first Indo-Pakistani war ended on New Year’s Day 1949. A cease-fire called for a plebiscite, or popular vote, to determine once and for all whether Kashmir (center) should be independent or part of India (left) or Pakistan (right).

  27. But Indian and Pakistani troops remained in Kashmir on either side of the Line of Control (the barrier roughly corresponding to where the two sides had stopped fighting). With India and Pakistan now effectively governing all of Kashmir, it was practically impossible for the Kashmiri people to hold a free and fair plebiscite.

  28. Kashmir Crisis

  29. Indian Soldiers Patrol the India-Pakistan Border in Pura, the Winter Capital of the State of Jammu & Kashmir - 1998

  30. Indian Soldiers Near the Pakistani Border - 2001

  31. A Pakistani Ranger at the Indian-Pakistani Joint Border Check Post in Wagha, India - 2001

  32. Anti-war Protestors in Karachi, Pakistan - 2001

  33. What title would you give this political cartoon?

  34. The India-Pakistan Arms Race Heats Up in the Late 1990s

  35. 2002 Nuclear Statistics

  36. India’s Prithvi Missiles First Tested in 1988

  37. Supporters of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee chant nationalist slogans in support for his nuclear policy - 1998

  38. Former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, displays a sword given to him by Sikh youths in New Delhi to honor him for making India a nuclear power - 1998

  39. Right-wing Pakistani Activists Burn Indian Flag to Protest Indian Nuclear Tests - 1998

  40. Hot Air Balloon Protesting India & Pakistan’s nuclear testing - 1998

  41. India Displays Nuclear Missiles During “Republic Day,” - 2002

  42. India Successfully Tested Agni Missiles - 2002

  43. Musharraf and Vajpayee at a meeting on nuclear issues in Nepal in 2002

  44. Is this a possibility?

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