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INDIA AND PAKISTAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE

INDIA AND PAKISTAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE. PARTITION. NEHRU. FIVE YEAR PLANS SOCIALIST ECONOMY NEUTRAL IN COLD WAR INDIA is a DEMOCRACY Prime minister 1948-1966, when he died. Nehru (1947)>>. Indian Politics. <<Indira Gandhi (1966-77, 80-84). Rajiv Gandhi>> (1984-89). >> Singh (2004-now).

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INDIA AND PAKISTAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE

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  1. INDIA AND PAKISTAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE

  2. PARTITION
  3. NEHRU FIVE YEAR PLANS SOCIALIST ECONOMY NEUTRAL IN COLD WAR INDIA is a DEMOCRACY Prime minister 1948-1966, when he died
  4. Nehru (1947)>> Indian Politics <<Indira Gandhi (1966-77, 80-84) Rajiv Gandhi>> (1984-89) >> Singh (2004-now)
  5. PAKISTAN Originally 2 territories, 1,000 miles apart, speaking 2 unrelated languages West Pakistan Dominated West Pakistan had fertile land in the Indus River system
  6. CREATION OF BANGLADESH East Pakistan was not well protected and has less representation in National Assembly even though they had more people In 1970s, West Pakistani President Yahya Khan cracked down on politicians in East Pakistan. Over 2,500 E. Pakistanis were killed under “martial law”, (more like terrorism by the state) East Pakistan seceded and became independent with help from India.
  7. BANGLADESH Soon after independence, Bangladesh was hit with massive floods and famine
  8. Pakistan’s Ethnic groups Punjabi: majority ethnic group that dominates politics and army Pashtun: mountain region on the border of Afghanistan; government has little control over them; fierce protectors of their land & guests Sindi: mostly rural, it is dominated by feudal families, like the Bhuttos Baluch: sparsely settled; heroin smuggling is high; very poor
  9. POLITICAL HISTORY Pakistan has alternated between elected democracy and military dictatorship Shown at left: Benazir Bhutto; Below: Asif Ali Zardari
  10. Jinnah (1947)>> Pakistan Politics <<Zulfikar Bhutto (1973-77) Benazir Bhutto>> (1988-90, 93-96) Sharif (1990-93, 97-99) Zardari (now) << Musharraf (1999-2008)
  11. PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE SECRETLY AIDED THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN, AND IN TERROR ATTACKS ON INDIA FROM KASHMIR
  12. MADRASAS
  13. NORTHWEST FRONTIER Little govt. control over armed semi-nomadic tribes Osama thought to have hidden here at times…instead he was right out in the open!
  14. THE “ISLAMIC BOMB” Pakistan detonated its first nuclear device in 1998. (India had its 1st in 1974) Shares technology with “ROGUE STATES” LIKE LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, MAYBE OTHERS (Abdul Qadeer Khan)
  15. NUCLEAR CRISIS
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