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I. India & Its Neighbors
Chapter 14
India Video
A. History of India
• India is the second most populated
country in the world behind China
• Over one billion people live in India
• Rapid population growth should make
India the world’s largest country
within 15 years
• India has 18 official languages today
B. Religion
• Most people in India practice
Hinduism
• Majority of the world’s 820
million Hindus live in India
• Also pockets of Buddhism and
Islam
Holy Rats
Hindu Holy Man
C. Europeans Bring Change
• Great Britain took control of India
starting in the 1600s
• Colony – Area controlled by a
country that is outside of its
boarders
• “Jewel of the British Crown” –
Nickname given to India
D. Reasons for Colonies
• 1) Europeans acquired a taste for
products such as coffee, tea, and
pepper
• 2) Europeans population increased
which increased the demand
• 3) Europe need more raw materials
Bamboo Harvest
E. India Gains Independence
• Indians were not happy with British rule
• Mohandas Gandhi – Main person who
lead India to declare its independence
from Great Britain
• Nonviolent Resistance – Opposing an
enemy by any means other than violence
Mohandas Gandhi
• Gandhi taught that peace and love were
more powerful than violence and fear
• Nonviolent resistance
• Boycott – Indians refused to buy British
made goods
• 1947 – India wins its independence from
Great Britain
• 1948 – Gandhi is assassinated
F. Troubling Future
• Since independence India and
Pakistan have fought in three wars
• In the late 1990s both countries
developed and exploded nuclear
weapons
• Many people fear a minor conflict
could result in a nuclear war