WORLD GEOGRAPHY INDIA & PAKISTAN

DURGESH KUMARRINI VARGHESEATTEQUE ALI

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Sanchi Stupa

Meenakshi TempleWagah Border

Mountain Railways

Gilgit RiverKhewra Salt Mines

Supreme Court

President House

Chowkhandi Tomb Habib Bank Karachi Badshahi MasjidChauburji

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Lahore Assembly Mangla Fort

Khunjerab Pass

GEOGRAPHY:MAPS

PARTITIONBritish India

Dominion of Pakistan Secular Union of India

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

People’s Republic of Banglades

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Republic of India

PARTITIONThe geographical division

of Bengal province of British

India toEast Pakistan & West Bengal (India)

Punjab province toWest Punjab (later the Pakistani Punjab & Islamabad Capital Territory)East Punjab (later the Indian Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh)

The division of state assets The British Indian Army The Indian Civil Service and

other administrative services The Indian Railways The Central Treasury.

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'.

Nehru, Rajendra Prasad & Liaquat Ali Khan

1950’s

INDO-PAK RELATIONS

Nehru & Ayub signing the Indus Water Treaty

1960’s

1970’s

Indira Gandhi & Bhutto signing the Simla Agreement

Foreign ministers Yaqub Khan & Narasimha Rao

1980’s

The Bus Diplomacy: Wajpayee Alighting at Wagah

1990’s

Pak President Musharaff inspecting guard of Honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan

2000’s

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

11th largest economy in the world( Nominal GDP)

4th largest by PPP GDP $ 1.250 trillion Inflation 9.97% Main Industries

Telecommunications, Textiles, Chemicals, Food Processing, Steel, Transportation Equipment, Cement, Mining, Petroleum, Machinery, IT

Exports $ 176.5 billion

28th largest economy in terms of PPP

GDP $ 431.2 billion Inflation 11.17% Semi-Industrialized economy Main industries

Textiles, Chemicals, Food processing, Steel, Transportation equipment, Automobiles, Machinery, Beverages, Construction, materials, Clothing, Paper products

Exports $ 17.87 billion

INDIA PAKISTAN

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

Television Govt. owned

national Channel Doordarshan

In 1991: Cable television

All India Radio (AIR) Cinema

Bollywood

Television Govt. owned Pakistan

Television Corporation (PTC)

Several private TV channels

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)

CinemaLollywood

INDIA PAKISTAN

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

Test ODs Twenty20

Total Match Played

59 118 2

Matches Won By India

9 45 1

Matches Won By Pakistan

12 69 0

Matches Draw / Tie

38 4 1

INDIA-PAK MATCHES

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