1.
1947 Partition of India – Kashmir Conflict

2. 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

4. Summary ideas….
Aryans???
British????
Gupta????
Mughals???
Hinduism, Buddhism???
Geography (mountains, rivers)