India and its neighbours class 4 cbse ppt

India and it's neighbors

1. I. India & Its Neighbors
Chapter 14

2. India Video

3. A. History of India
•India is the second most populated
country in the world behind China
•Over one billion people live in India
•Rapid population growth should make
India the world’s largest country
within 15 years
•India has 18 official languages today

6. B. Religion
•Most people in India practice
Hinduism
•Majority of the world’s 820
million Hindus live in India
•Also pockets of Buddhism and
Islam

7. Holy Rats

8. Hindu Holy Man

9. C. Europeans Bring Change
•Great Britain took control of India
starting in the 1600s
•Colony –Area controlled by a
country that is outside of its
boarders
•“Jewel of the British Crown” –
Nickname given to India

10. D. Reasons for Colonies
•1) Europeans acquired a taste for
products such as coffee, tea, and
pepper
•2) Europeans population increased
which increased the demand
•3) Europe need more raw materials

11. Bamboo Harvest

12. E. India Gains Independence
•Indians were not happy with British rule
•Mohandas Gandhi –Main person who
lead India to declare its independence
from Great Britain
•Nonviolent Resistance –Opposing an
enemy by any means other than violence

13. Mohandas Gandhi

14. •Gandhi taught that peace and love were
more powerful than violence and fear
•Nonviolent resistance
•Boycott –Indians refused to buy British
made goods
•1947 –India wins its independence from
Great Britain
•1948 –Gandhi is assassinated

15. F. Troubling Future
•Since independence India and
Pakistan have fought in three wars
•In the late 1990s both countries
developed and exploded nuclear
weapons
•Many people fear a minor conflict
could result in a nuclear war