The document summarizes the history of India and the Indian subcontinent. It discusses how India was ruled by many empires due to its strategic location and natural resources. In 1947, British India was partitioned into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India. The partition split the provinces of Punjab and Bengal along religious lines, dividing the regions between predominantly Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. India has since become the second most populous country and has undergone rapid economic changes.

1. India

2. River Indus

3. Location of the River Indus

4. The country has been ruled by many different empires

8. Why did so many empires annex India? Food Spices Tea Cotton Strategically located Natural resources – coal, iron ore, limestone

9. Move to Independence

10. Partition THE CHANGING FACE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 1. Dominion of Pakistan created on 14 August 1947. Became world's first Islamic Republic in 1956. New city of Islamabad replaced Karachi as capital in the mid 1960s 2. British India was made up of provinces, princely states and state agencies. An independent Union of India was created on 15 August 1947 and renamed the Republic of India in 1950 3. Punjab was split in two. Majority Muslim western part became Pakistan's Punjab province; majority Sikh and Hindu eastern part became India's Punjab state 4. Bengal divided into Indian state of West Bengal and East Pakistan, which became East Bengal in 1956 and Bangladesh achieved independence after a civil war in 1971

11. Muslims

12. Hindu

13. Sikh

14. Religions of India Hindus 80% Muslims 13.5% Christians 2.3% Sikhs 1.8% Buddhists 1.5%

15. Second largest population

16. Economy

17. Changing Times