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1 INDIA Regents Review

2 GEOGRAPHY India is a peninsula, which means it is surrounded by water on at least 3 sides.

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4 Himalayan Mountains

5 Effect of Geography: Himalayas
Isolated and Protected India Allowed for an original and unique culture.

6 Rivers of India The Ganges River is the holy river for Hindus.
Indus River: Site of earliest civilization in India.

7 Ganges River

8 Effect of Geography: Monsoons
Seasonal winds that bring rains. Many societies depend on these rains for farming and their well-being.

9 Monsoon Rains

10 The Religions of India Hinduism (Majority of People in India)

11 Buddhism

12 Islam

13 The Caste System

14 Social Mobility in India?

15 Early Civilization Indus River Valley Civilization
Golden age during the Gupta Empire

16 British Imperialism Positives: roads, bridges, technology, schools, hospitals. Negatives: loss of life, freedom, culture, resources.

17 Sepoy Rebellion Indian troops revolt due to use of a rifle that they felt violated their religious beliefs. The bullet cartridge was made from animal fat derived from cows and pigs. The cow is sacred in Hinduism; the Pig is unclean according to Islam.

18 Amritsar Massacre British troops fire upon Indian protestors with the death of innocent people including women and children

19 Amritsar Massacre

20 Independence Movement
Mohandas Gandhi – Civil disobedience, Salt March, Independence, boycotts, fasting. 1947 – India is free (post WWII) without war.

21 Division of India Division of India (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims).
Gandhi did not support this. He wanted unity. Animosity remains today especially over the Kashmir region

22 Assassination of Gandhi
Shot in 1948 Killed by a Hindu Nationalist who believed that Gandhi favored Pakistan.

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24 India-Pakistan Relations
Possible Nuclear threat to each other Religious and territorial disputes remain today

25 Disputed Kashmir Region


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