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INDIA TODAY

INDIA TODAY. GOVERNMENT ………. FEDERAL REPUBLIC (same 3 branches of gov’t as U.S.). Prime Minisster Dr. Manmohan Singh. POPULATION: 1,166,079,217 ……….. 2 ND LARGEST IN THE WORLD BEHIND CHINA……THE UNITED STATES IS 3RD. N E W D E L H I. CAPTIAL CITY……….

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INDIA TODAY

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  1. INDIA TODAY

  2. GOVERNMENT……… FEDERAL REPUBLIC (same 3 branches of gov’t as U.S.) Prime Minisster Dr. Manmohan Singh

  3. POPULATION: 1,166,079,217 ………..2ND LARGEST IN THE WORLD BEHIND CHINA……THE UNITED STATES IS 3RD

  4. N E W D E L H I CAPTIAL CITY………..

  5. 28 states and 7 territories

  6. 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

  7. CONCERNS • INDUSTRIALIZATION • POVERTY • FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN (issue of Kashmir)

  8. QUICK HISTORY • Independence – 1947 • Created as a home for Muslims • Originally created as one country on two sides of India (West and East Pakistan)

  9. PAKISTAN SPLITS Bangladesh – in 1971 East Pakistan declared its independence and became Bangladesh

  10. COMPARISON INDIA PAKISTAN Population – 176,242,949 Main Religion – Islam – (97%) Gov’t – Republic Defense Budget - $4.14 billion Population – 1,166,079,217 Main Religion – Hindu (81%) Gov’t – Federal Republic Defense Budget – $22.3 billion

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

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