Zusammenfassung der Ressource
India - then and now
- british rule in India "the Raj"
- Pro
- democracy
- free press
- modern education
- small middle class
- english language
- economics
- universally (16 official languages)
- 100 years of peace
- Con
- no mass education
- divided into elite, that learned english (10%) and rest
- self confidence of Indians lowered
- treated as slaves
- no economic growth during that time
- Partition of India 1974
- money for weapons could have been saved
- preventable?
- death of millions of people
- food shortages
- diseases
- "Jewel in the crown"
- largest and most profitable colony
- India today
- Land of contrasts and paradoxes
- 10% of worlds millionaires
- one third of the worlds poor
- world´s largest democracy
- millions of people illiterate
- largest county in southern Asia
- densely populated
- half of population under 25
- one of the worlds most promising new markets
- 400 million Indians not connected to electricity grid
- new challenges
- urbanization
- massive immigration from rural areas to cities
- people (in cities) need
- electricity
- water
- mass transit
- demand for energy
- increase power generation by 700%
- Partition of India 1947
- resentment against britain
- struggle for independance
- leaders: Gandhi and Neru
- Gandhi
- non-violence-philosophy
- against Partiton
- was shot by young Hindu fanatic for his tolerance towards Muslims
- "Mahatma" = "Great Soul"
- Partition
- Hindu-dominated India
- Muslim-dominated Pakistan
- after Partition
- sectarian violence
- widespread displacement of Hindus and Muslims
- realtionship between Pakistan and India tense until today