World Geography India & Pak

WORLD GEOGRAPHY INDIA & PAKISTAN Presented By : DURGESH KUMAR RINI VARGHESE ATTEQUE ALI

HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT INDIA & PAKISTAN?

Hawa Mahal Jantar Mantar Mountain Railways

Khewra Salt Mines Supreme Court Chowkhandi Tomb Habib Bank Karachi Badshahi Masjid Chauburji Lahore Assembly Mangla Fort

GEOGRAPHY:MAPS

PARTITION British India Dominion of Pakistan Secular Union of India Islamic Republic of People’s Pakistan Republic of India Republic of Bangladesh

PARTITION The geographical division of The division of state assets  Bengal province of British India  The British Indian Army to  The Indian Civil Service and other East Pakistan & West administrative services Bengal (India)  Punjab province to  The Indian Railways  The Central Treasury. West Punjab (later the Pakistani Punjab & Islamabad Capital Territory) East Punjab (later the Indian Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh)

PARTITION  Division between the two new dominions done according to 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan  Geography of the partition: The Radcliffe Line

ABOUT INDIA  Largest democracy in the world  2nd most populous country in the world  Kumbh Mela: The world’s biggest gathering  India is the birthplace of Chess (Chathuranga)  Largest postal network in the world  The world’s largest tea producer  The world’s largest movie industry  The first recorded account of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts  The largest milk producing country in the world  All of India is under a single time zone.

ABOUT PAKISTAN  Officially known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan  6th most populous country in the world  2ndlargest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia.  Capital: Islamabad  National language: Urdu  Official language: English  Pakistan is made up of four main provinces - Punjab, Sindh, NWFP & Baluchistan.  Muhammad Ali Jinnah is regarded as the 'Father of the Nation'.

INDO-PAK RELATIONS 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s Indira Gandhi & Bhutto signing the Simla Agreement

1980’s 1990’s Foreign ministers Yaqub Khan & Narasimha Rao The Bus Diplomacy: Wajpayee Alighting at Wagah 2000’s Pak President Musharaff inspecting guard of Honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan

INDO- PAK WAR  Indo-Pak War in 1947  Indo-Pak War in1965  Indo- Pak War in 1971  Kargil War in 1999

INDO-PAK TRADE  After the Indo- Pak war in 1965, trade was almost negligible  Bilateral trade resumed in 1975-76  SAFTA in January 2004  By 2005, the number of permissible items stood at 770  In 2007 Pakistan has started exporting cement to India  Bilateral trade amounted to $2.231 billion (Rs11,088 crore) in 2007-08  Both countries are members of WTO & SAFTA

ECONOMY INDIA PAKISTAN  11th largest economy in the  28th largest economy in terms of world( Nominal GDP) PPP  4th largest by PPP  GDP $ 431.2 billion  GDP $ 1.250 trillion  Inflation 11.17%  Inflation 9.97%  Semi-Industrialized economy  Main Industries  Main industries Telecommunications, Textiles, Textiles, Chemicals, Food Chemicals, Food processing, Steel, Transportation Processing, Steel, Transportati equipment, Automobiles, Machin on ery, Beverages, Construction, ma Equipment, Cement, Mining, P terials, Clothing, Paper products etroleum, Machinery, IT  Exports $ 17.87 billion  Exports $ 176.5 billion

CULTURE OF INDIA  Shaped by its long history, unique geography & wide demography  Influenced by Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic age, Rise and decline of Buddhism, Invasions from Central Asia, European Colonization etc.  Indian Tradition is regarded by some historians as the “Oldest living civilization of Earth“  Religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism etc.

CULTURE OF PAKISTAN  Comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups: The Punjabis, Kashmiris , Sindhis etc.  Its also influenced by Turkish, Persian and Afgan traditions.  Indus Valley Civilization also had an effect on the Pakistan Culture.

POPULAR MEDIA INDIA PAKISTAN  Television  Television  Govt. owned national  Govt. owned Pakistan Channel Doordarshan Television Corporation (PTC)  In 1991: Cable  Several private TV television channels  All India Radio (AIR)  Pakistan Broadcasting  Cinema Corporation (PBC) Bollywood  Cinema Lollywood

CRICKET  A match between the two countries is often equated with war.  Both teams played each other in non- test playing nations such as Canada (Toronto) and the UAE (Sharjah)  One of the most memorable matches was in 1986 Australasia Cup Final (The last ball win by Javed Miandad)  An India-Pak tournament in 2009 was cancelled because of the Mumbai Terror Attacks  2010 Asia Cup Winner :India

INDIA-PAK MATCHES Test ODs Twenty20 Total Match 59 118 2 Played Matches Won 9 45 1 By India Matches Won 12 69 0 By Pakistan Matches 38 4 1 Draw / Tie

And... Isn’t this the latest?

INDIA-PAK (COLD)WAR: WILL IT EVER END???

BIBLOGRAPHY  www.wikipedia.org  www.india.gov.in  www.pakistan.gov.pk

World Geography India & Pak

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