https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmUiLwy7kI 1947 Partition of India – Kashmir Conflict
Green Revolution 1960s:http://www. oldindianphotos Cause: -1943 famine- estimated 4 million people in eastern India starved to death -Problems with distribution and production -Rapidly growing population Response: Increase the amount of cultivated land 2. Growing two crops a year *used irrigation –dams, storing monsoon water 3. Genetically improving seeds *greater yield per plant *use of pesticides and fertilizers Positives: Greater yield!! Can feed itself and export Negatives: pesticide and fertilizers, dams, poverty limits some farmers
Summary ideas…. Aryans??? British???? Gupta???? Mughals??? Hinduism, Buddhism??? Geography (mountains, rivers)