REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY Exam Topics Related to India

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REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY Exam Topics Related to India The Importance of Culture In India Culture describes how people live their lives Can include descriptions of ethnic origin, language, religion, foods, festivals India has 1.2 Billion people and its population is growing Its culture has been influenced by British colonialism, European migrants and migrants from other parts of Asia India - Culture There is cultural Diversity throughout India Several different regions can be recognised by the differences in Language and Religion There are over 1,600 languages spoken in India Language – India can be divided into 2 Regions from a language perspective. In the far north of India in the mountainous regions, (Himalayas) people speak languages related to Tibetan and Chinese In Southern Regions, people speak Dravidian languages. India - Culture The Dravidian language group has over 200 million speakers and is unrelated to other languages used in India Hindi is the official language of India and is spoken throughout the country English was brought to India with the British colonisation and is still the language of Business and Commerce India - Culture Religion – Also used to define regions in India India has 2 main religions – Hinduism and Muslim Majority of people are Hindi and this religion is found throughout the country A minority of the population is Muslim and they tend to live in the north along the Indus and Ganges river plains They would have tended to settle along the north as their ancestors would have been Muslim traders from the east People living in this region converted to Ilam over the yearsa India - Culture 1947 after independence from Britain the region was divided into 2 States – India and Pakistan Pakistan is the Islamic state and India is the Hindu state. However, the partition has caused many problems. Over 12 million people were displaced and moved between regions as they did not wish to remain in the newly – created states They wished to be with people of their own religion Muslims moved to Pakistan and Hindus moved to India. The Development of Mumbai Mumbai is in western India It is an island Mega-City with 23 million people The second largest city in the world after Tokyo Originally made up of seven islands joined together by reclaimed land In the 17th century trade with Britain and Europe lead to a significant growth of the city Mumbai