Saturday, 24 October 2020

History chapter 1 the french revolution

Friday, 16 October 2020

Geography chapter-2 physical features of india

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Thursday, 15 October 2020

Nazism & Rise of hitler Notes

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  • In May 1945, German surrendered to the Allies.
  • (Allies - the allied powers were initially led by the UK and France. In 1941 they were joined by the USSR and USA. They fought against the axis powers, namely Germany, Italy and Japan.)
  • Propaganda minister of Hitler Goebbels and his entire family committed suicide in his Berlin bunked, in April. At the end of the war, an international military tribunal at Nuremberg was setup to prosecute Nazi war criminals for crimes against peace, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • Under the shadow of 2nd world war, Germany waged a genocidal war, which resulted in mass murder of selected groups of innocent civilians of Europe, including 6million Jews, 2lakh gypsies, 1million polish civilians, 70,000 Germans etc.
    • (Genocidal - killing on large scale leading to destruction of large sections of people)

Birth of Weimar Republic

  • Germany fought the First World War (1914-1918) against the Austrian empire and against the allies (England, France and Russian). {Eventually, Europe drained all its resources and Germany made initial gains by occupying France and Belgium}. However, the allies strengthened by US entry in 1917 and won, defeating Germany and the Central powers in November 1918.
  • A national assembly met at Weimar and established a democratic constitution with a federal structure. Deputies were elected to German parliament on the basis of equal and universal votes by all adults (including women).
  • The Peace treaty at Versailles with the allies was a harsh and humiliating peace Germany lost its colonies 1/10 of population, 13% territories 7.5% iron, 26% of coal to France, Poland, Denmark & Lithuania.
  • Germany demilitarized by allied powers and responsible for the user and damages it was forced to pay 6 billion Euros as compensation.

 

Effects of war

  • The war affected the entire continent both psychologically & financially. Weimar republic was forced to pay compensation. Those who supported them mainly socialists, Catholics & democrats become easy target of attack in the conservatives nationalist circles called the NOVEMBER CRIMINALS.
  • After First World War soldiers were placed above civilians all over Europe. Politicians and media glorified the lives of soldiers.
  • Aggressive war propaganda & national honour became centre stage for republic.

Political radicalism and economic crises:

  • The birth of Weimar republic coincided with the revolutionary uprising of Spartacist league on the pattern of Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
  • Socialists, Democrats & Catholics opposed the demands for soviet style governance and met in Weimar for democratic republic. The uprising of the spartaciast was crashed with the help of war veteran organization called free corps
  • Spartacists founded communist party of Germany. Political radicalization increased in Germany. The French occupied industrial area Ruhr of Germany when it refused to pay gold as war reparations.
  • Hyper inflation occurred as Germany printed paper currency recklessly price rise was phenomenal. Finally America decided to bail out Germany & introduced the Dawes plan which reworked to ease the financial burden on Germany.

 

The Years of Depression

  • The Years between1924-1928 was stable. Germany was dependent on short term loans, largely from USA. But this support was withdrawn with the crash in 1929 of the Wall Street exchange. Germans economy hit badly and great economic depression started.
  • By 1932, industrial production reduced to 40% due to which workers lost their jobs, hence no. of unemployed workers increased to 6 million. Economic crisis created deep anxieties and fears in people. Middle classes, salaried employees, pensioners, businessmen, retailers etc saw their earning got ruined. These sections were filled with fear of prolectarianisation (to become impoverished to the level of working classes).
  • Another defect was article 48, which gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspended civil rights and rule by decree. Within its short life, the Weimar republic saw 20 different cabinets lasting on about 239 days and a liberal use of article 48.
  • Still, the crisis could not be managed and people lost confidence in democratic parliamentary system.

Hitler’s Rise to Power

  • Adolf Hitler born in 1889 Austria, during 1st world war he enrolled for the army, acted as a messenger, becomes a Corporal. In 1919, he joined a small group called the German workers party. He took an organization and renamed it as national socialist German workers; came to know as Nazi party.
  • Hitler planned to seize control of Bavaria, marched to Berlin and capture power in 1923 but failed. After 1929, banks collapsed and businesses shut down, lost their jobs and middle classes got threatened.
  • In 1929, Nazi party got no more than 2.6% of votes in Reichstag German parliament but by 1932, it becomes largest party with 37% votes.

 

The Destruction of Democracy

  • In 1933, President Hindenburg offered the chancellorship, (the highest position in cabinet of ministers) to Hitler. He set out to dismantle the structures of democratic rule.
  • The first decree of 1933 suspended civic rights like freedom of speech, press and assembly that was guaranteed by Weimar construction. Later in 1933, the famous enabling act was passed which established dictatorship in Germany.
  • Hitler got powers to sideline parliament and rule by decree. All political parties and trade unions were banned except for Nazi party. The state established complete control over economy, media, army and judiciary.

Reconstruction

  • Hitler assigned the responsibility of economic recovery to the economist Hjalmar Schacht who aimed at full production and full employment through state funded work-creation programme.
  • He pulled out of the League of Nations in 1933, reoccupied in Rhineland in 1936 and integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan one people one empire and one leader”.
  • Later, Hitler chose war as a way out of the economic crisis. Resources were to be accumulated through expansion of territory. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland and started a war with France and England. A tripartite pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan in 1940. H attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941 meanwhile; USA had resisted involvement in the war.
  • When Japan extended its support to Hitler and bombed US base at Pearl Harbor, US entered 2nd world war. It ended in May 1945 with Hitler’s defeat and the US dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima in Japan.

The Nazi World View

  • According to Nazi ideology, there was no equality between people but only a racial hierarchy. Hitler’s racism borrowed from Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer according to which Nordic German Aryan were at the top, all other colored people in middle and Jews at the bottom.
  • The other aspect of Hitler’s ideology was related to geopolitical concept of Lebensraum, or living space. He believed in acquiring was territories to spread the race of the Nordic German Aryans.

Establishment of Racial state

  • Nazi’s began to implement their dream of creating a community of pure Germans by eliminating the “undesirable” ones in extended empire.
  • The Jews, the Russians and the poles, all of them are persecuted. Germany occupied Poland and parts of Russia, captured civilians worked as slave labour.
  • Jews were stereotyped as killers of Christ and usurers. They were barred from owning land and persecuted through violence and expulsion from land.
  • From 1933-1938, Jews were compelled to leave the country through different means of terror and segregation.

The Racial Utopia

  • Nazis realized their murderous, racial ideal. Genocide and war became 2 sides of same coin. Occupied Poland was divided.
  • General Government became the destination for all undesirables of the empire. It also served as killing fields for the Jews.

Youth in Nazi Germany

  • Hitler felt that Strong Nazi society can only be established by teaching children Nazi ideology. Schools were cleansed and purified means teachers who were Jews were dismissed.
  • Undesirable children like Jews, physically handicapped & gypsies were thrown out of schools and finally in 1940, they were taken to gas chambers.
  • Racial Science was introduced to justify Nazi ideas of race in schools. Children were taught to hate Jews and worship Hitler.
  • Ten-year olds had to enter Jungvolk. At 14 yrs of age, all boys had to join Nazi Youth Organization. After training, they had to join labour science and then to serve in armed forces.

The Nazi cult of motherhood

  • Children were told that women were different from men and hence the fight for equal right was wrong and would destroy society.
  • Boys were taught to be aggressive, masculine and steel-hearted while girls were told to become good mother and rear pure –blooded Aryan children.
  • In 1933, women who bore undesirable children were punished and those who bore desirable ones were awarded and given other facilities.
  • All Aryan women who deviated from the code of conduct were condemned and punished.

Art of Propaganda

  • Nazi never used the words” kill “or “murder” in their official communication. Mass killings were termed special treatment, final solution (for Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection and disinfections. Evacuation means deporting population to gas chambers.
  • Nazi ideology began to spread everywhere through various means. People believed that Nazism would bring prosperity but many others were opposing Nazism, braving police repression and death.

Knowledge about the Holocaust

  • After the war ended, Nazi practices trickled out Germany which was defeated. World came to know about horrors suffered by Jews and other undesirables.
  • Jews wanted the world to remember the sufferings they had endured during Nazi killing operations also called Holocaust.
  • When the war seemed lost, the Nazi leadership distributed petrol to it functionaries to destroy all incriminating evidences available in offices.

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Socialism in Europe and the Russian revolution

Class IX - History

Chapter - 2 Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Other Chapters

    Introduction (the age of social change)

    As studied in first chapter French revolution has created possibilities to bring dramatically change including equality, fraternity & liberty in Europe.

     

    However, not everyone was in favor of this change of society. Responses varied from those who want complete change, or wishes for gradual shift or wanted to restructure society. These variations give rise to liberals, radicals and conservatives.

     

    Liberals:

    They wanted a nation which can respect and tolerate all religions. They opposed uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers. They wanted an elected parliamentary government and safeguard the rights of individuals against government. They were not democrats (?).They were not in favour of universal adult franchise and felt men of property should have right to vote but not for women.

     

    Radicals:

    They wanted a nation in which government is based on majority of country’s population. They were in favour of existence of private property but don’t want concentration of people in few hands.

     

    Conservatives:

    They wanted a nation which resists change, but later by 19th century they opened their mind to need for change. They also wanted to respect past and brought change through slow process.

     

    Industrialization and social change

    • New cities of industrialized regions developed, railways expanded; men, women and children brought to factories.
    • Liberal and radical searched solution for housing, sanitation and unemployment issues.

     

    Socialization in Europe:

    • Socialists in Europe were against private property [because (a) Propertied owns property that gave employment but only concerned with personal gain and not for welfare of others. (b) Some socialization believed in the idea of cooperatives and others demanded that government must encourage cooperatives.]
    • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels added other ideas. Marx argued that industrial society was ‘Capitalist’, who aimed capital invested in factories and profit was produced by workers.
    • Marx believed that a socialist society would free the workers from capitalism; it would be a communist society.

     

    Russian Revolution:  

    Fall of monarchy in February 1917 and events of October normally called the Russian revolution. Tsar Nicholas ruled Russia in 1914.

     

    Economy and society of Russian empire:

    • Almost 85% of Russian were agriculturists and were major exporter of gain.
    • Industry was found in pockets mostly located in ST Petersburg in and
    • It was set up in 1890s, when Russian railway extended and investment in industry increased, coal production doubled and iron and steel output quadruped.
    • Most industry was private property of industrialist. Government supervise large factories to ensure minimum wages and number of working hours but factory inspectors break the rule increasing working hours from 5 hours to 10-12 hours.
    • Workers were divided in small groups on the basis of village they came from, and on the basis of skill also. Women made up 31% of factory labor in 1914 but paid less than men.

     

    Working population in Russian was different from other countries in Europe before 1917:

    • Russians had no respect for nobility; nobles got their power through their services to Tsar, not by local authority.
    • Russian peasants wanted land of noble to be given to them. They refused to pay rent and even murdered landlord.
    • They pooled their land periodically and their commune divides it according to their individual families.

     

    Socialism in Russia:

    • Before 1914, all political parties were illegal. Russian socialist democratic workers party was founded in 1898 by socialists who respected Marx’s idea.
    • Socialist, in 1900 formed socialist revolutionary party who struggled for peasant’s right and demanded that land belonging to nobles be given to them.
    • Social democrats disagreed with socialist revolutionaries about peasants.
    • Vladimir Lenin (who led the Bolshevik group) felt that peasants were not one united group and divided as rich, poor, laborers, capitalist etc.
    • Lenin thought that the party should be disciplined and control member and quality of its members. Others (Mensheviks) thought that party should be open to all.

     

    The 1950 revolution 

    • Russian was an autocracy. Tsar was not subject to parliament. Liberals wanted to end this state of affairs.
    • Both, social democrats and socialist revolutionaries demanded a constitution during the revolution of 1950.

     

    Bloody Sunday

    1. In 1904, prices of essential goods rose so quickly that real wages declined by 20% membership of workers were dismissed at Putilov iron works.
    2. Industrial action was called for when 4 members of assembly of Russian workers were dismissed at Putilov iron works.
    3. Over 1, 10,000 workers in St. Petersburg went on strike demanded for reduction in working condition.
    4. This procession of workers led by father Gabon was attacked by police and Cossacks. Over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded. Strikes took places all over the country.
    5. People established the union and demanded a constitution assembly.
    6. Tsar allowed the creation of elected consultative parliament or duma. Due to political instability, he dismissed 1st duma within 75 days and re-elected second one.

     

    The 1st world war and Russian empire

    • The First World War broke out between 2 European alliances in 1914 which was popular initially but later support grew thin. Anti-German sentiments ran high.
    • Russian armies lost badly in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916. There were 7 million casualties and 3 refuges in Russian.
    • This war adversely affected industries; railway line began to break in 1916. Small workshops producing essentials were shut down due to labor shortage and as a result by winters 1916, bread and flour become scarce.

     

    The February revolution in Petrograd  

    • Petrograd was given in the winter of 1917. There was heavy food shortage in workers quarters. Parliamentarians wishing to preserve elected government were opposed to Tsar’s desire to dissolve duma.
    • On 22 February, a lockout took place at a factory followed by a strike next day. Demonstrating workers crossed from the factory quarters to capital. No political party organized this movement.
    • Government imposed curfew and later suspended the duma. Police headquarter were ransacked. People raise slogans about bread, better hours and democracy. Cavalry called out by government to control them.
    • Petrograd soviet was formed by soldiers and striking workers on advice of military commanders, Tsar abdicated soviet and duma leaders formed a provisional government to run the country.
    • Russian’s future was to be decided by a constitution assembly elected through universal adult suffrage. Petrograd had led the February Revolution that brought down monarchy in 1917.

     

    After February (Effects) 

    • Provisional government influenced army officials, landowners and industrialists, liberals and socialists worked towards an elected government. Restriction on public meetings was removed soviets were setup everywhere but system of election was not followed in common.
    • Vladimir tension (Bolshevik leader) returned to Russian and opposed war according to Lenin’s April theses, he declared war be brought to a close land be transferred to peasants and banks be nationalized.
    • Workers’ movement spread and factory committee were formed which began in questioning the way industrialists ran their factories. Trade unions increased. Soldiers’ committees were formed in the army.
    • Provisional government saw its power declining and Bolshevik influence grew. It decided to take measure against this discontent. It resisted attempts by workers to run factories and arrested leaders.
    • Peasants and the Socialist Revolutionary leaders pressed for redistribution of land. Land committees formed and peasants seized land between July and September 1917.

     

    October Revolution (1917):

    • Lenin feared the provisional government would set up a dictatorship. He persuaded Petrograd soviet and Bolshevik party to agree on socialist seizure of power.
    • The uprising began on 24 October. PM Kerenskii had left the city to summon troops. Military men loyal to government seized the building of two Bolshevik newspapers.
    • Military revolutionary committee ordered to seize government offices and arrest the ministers in response. The “Aurora” ship shelled the winter palace. Other vessels took over military points.
    • The city was under committee’s control and ministers had surrendered. The majority of All Russian Congress of soviets approved the Bolshevik action. There was heavy fighting in Moscow and finally Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area.

     

    After October (Changes/Effects)  

    • Bolsheviks were opposed to private property. Most industries and banks were nationalized by 1917. Land was declared social property. Peasants were allowed to seize the land of the nobility.
    • Bolshevik enforced the partition of large houses according to families, banned use of old titles. New uniform were designed for army and officials. They conducted the elections to the constituent assembly but failed to gain majority support.
    • In 1918, Assembly rejected Bolshevik measures and Lenin dismissed the assembly. Bolshevik become only party to participate in the election to the all Russian congress of soviet.
    • Russian becomes one party state. Trade unions were kept under party control. The secret police punished those who criticized Bolsheviks.
    • Many young writers and artists rallied to party because it stood for socialism and change. This led to experiments in arts and architecture but disillusioned because of censorship encourage by party.

     

    The Civil War  

    • Russian army broke when Bolshevik ordered land redistribution. Non-Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy condemned the Bolshevik uprising. During 1918-19, the ‘greens’ (socialist Revolutionaries) and ‘whites’ (pro-Tsarists) controlled most of Russian empire backed by French, American, British and Japanese troops.
    • Civil war took place between these troops and Bolsheviks. Supporters of private property among ‘whites’ took steps with peasants who seized land.
    • Such actions lead to the loss of support for non –Bolshevik and by 1920, Bolsheviks controlled most of the Russian empire. They succeeded due to cooperation with non–Russian nationalism and Muslim jadidists.
    • Bolshevik colonists massacred local nationalists in the name of defending socialism in central Asia. Many were confused about Bolshevik government.
    • Most non-Russian nationalities were given political autonomy in Soviet Union (USSR) combined with unpopular polices that Bolshevik forced the local government to follow.

     

    Making a Socialist Society

    • Bolshevik permitted peasants to cultivate the land that is socialized. A process of centralized planning was introduced. Officials assessed working of economy and set targets for 5 years period and hence 5 year plans were made.
    • Government fixed all prices to promote industrial growth leading to economic growth. Industrial production increased, new factory cities set up, however rapid construction led to poor working conditions.
    • An extended schooling system developed and arrangements were made for factory workers and peasants. Crèches were established in factories, cheap public health care was provided, and model living quarters were set up for workers.

     

    Stalinism and Collectivisation    

    • Period of planned economy was linked with disasters of collectivisation of agriculture. Grain supplies affected Stalin, who had the party after Lenin introduced from emergency measures.
    • Speculation has to be stopped and supplies confiscated. Due to shortage of grain, the decision was taken to collectivise forms. After 1917, land was given to peasants. As they could not be modernised, land was taken away and established state controlled large forms.
    • Bulk of land and implements were transferred to ownership of collective farms. Encouraged peasants resisted the authorities and destroyed their livestock. Many were deported and exiled.
    • In spite of collectivisation, production did not increase and devastating famine occurred when 4 million people died.
    • Many criticised production of planned economy and consequences of collectivisation due to which they were imprisoned being innocent.

     

    The Global Influence of Russian Revolution and the USSR 

    • In many countries, communist parties were formed. Many non-Russian from outside the USSR participated in the conference of people of the east and Bolshevik founded Comintern (An international union of pro-Bolshevik socialist parties)
    • The USSR had given socialism a global face by the time of 2nd world war. The style of government in the USSR was not in keeping with ideals of Russian revolution.
    • Though its industries and agriculture had developed and poor were being fed, the essential freedom to its citizen was being denied. It was recognized that social ideals still enjoyed respect among Russians.
    Class IX History Notes and study material for Chapter 2 Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Monday, 5 October 2020

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Sunday, 4 October 2020

Geography chapter 2 physical features of India

Introduction

India is a vast country with varied landforms which has all physical features of earth i.e. mountains , plains , deserts , plateaus and island .we find different types of rocks and soils (made out of different type of rocks).

How these physical features are formed?

  1. processes such as weathering, erosion and deposition have created and modified the present landform.
  2. Explanation of the formation of physical features is given by the "THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS" - According to this theory, the crust (upper part) of the earth has been formed out of seven major and some minor plates. The movement of the plates results in the building up of stresses within the plates and the continental rocks above, leading to folding, faulting and volcanic activity.
  3. Three types of plate movements: -
    1. Convergent boundary - move towards each other
    2. Divergent boundary - move away from each other
    3. Transform boundary - move horizontally past each other
  4. These processes takes millions of years.

Oldest landform

Gondwana land includes India, Australia, south Africa, south America and Antarctica as one single landmass. the conventional currents split the crust into many pieces. Thus, leading to the drifting of Indo-Australian plate after being separated from the Gondwana land, towards north. The northward drift resulted in the collision of the plate with the much larger Eurasian plate which resulted in uplift of the Himalayan.

The major physical divisions

  1. The Himalayan Mountains
  2. The Northern Plains
  3. The Peninsular Plateau
  4. The Indian Desert
  5. The Coastal Plains
  6. The Islands

The Himalayan mountains

  1. Stretch over the northern borders of India.
  2. Mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra.
  3. Covers a distance of about 2,400 Km and Their width varies from 400 Km in Kashmir to 150 Km in Arunachal Pradesh.
  4. Himadri - most continuous range with an average height of 6,000 meters. The core of this part of Himalayas is composed of granite. the south of the Himadri is known as Himachal or lesser Himalaya. The altitude varies between 3,700 and 4,500 meters and the average width is of 50 Km.
  5. Pir panjal and dhaula dhar ranges are also important.
  6. Shiwaliks- extend over a width of 10-50 Km and have an altitude varying between 900 and 1100 meters.
  7. The part of Himalayas lying between Indus and Satluj has been traditionally known as Punjab Himalaya, but it is also known regionally as Kashmir and Himachal Himalaya from west to east respectively. The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as Kumaon Himalayas. The Kali and Tista rivers demarcate the Nepal Himalayas and the part lying between Tista and Dihang rivers is known as Assam Himalayas.
  8. The Purvachal comprises the Patkai hills, the Naga hills, Manipur hills and the Mizo hill.

The northern plains

  1. Formed by the interplay of the three major river systems, namely the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra along with their tributaries. This plain is formed of alluvial soil.
  2. It spreads over an area of 7 lakh sq. km. The plain being about 2400 Km long and 240 to 320 Km broad, is a densely populated physiographic division. With a rich soil cover combined with adequate water supply and favorable climate(agriculture).
  3. The Western part of the Northern Plain is referred to as the Punjab Plains. Formed by the Indus and its tributaries .The Indus and its tributaries i.e -the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas and the Satluj originate in the Himalaya.
  4. These vast plains also have diverse relief features. the Northern plains can be divided into four regions (bhabar, terai, bhangar, kankar).
  5. Bhabar-8 to 16km in width lying parallel to the slopes of the Shiwaliks.
    Terai- was a thickly forested region full of wildlife. The forests later cleared to create agricultural land.
    Bhanger - formed of older alluvium, lie above the flood plains of the rivers and present a terrace like feature.
    Kankar-The soil in this region contains calcareous deposits.

The Peninsular Plateau

  1. A tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
  2. Formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land and consist of two broad divisions -Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau.
  3. Central highland-the north of the Narmada river covering a major area of the Malwa plateau and westward extension gradually merges with the sandy and rocky desert of Rajasthan. The rivers draining this region, namely the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and Ken is from southwest to northeast. Deccan Plateau- a triangular landmass that lies to the south of the river Narmada. The Satpura range flanks its broad base in the north while the Mahadev, the Kaimur hills and the Maikal range form its eastern extensions. Three Prominent hill ranges from the west to east are the Garo, the Khasi and the Jaintia Hills.
  4. The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats mark the western and the eastern edges of the Deccan Plateau respectively.
    Western ghats -They are continuous and can be crossed through passes only. they are higher than the eastern ghats. average elevation is 900-1600 meters as against 600 meters of the Eastern Ghats. The highest peaks include the Anai Mudi (2,695metres).
    Eastern Ghats- stretch from the Mahanadi Valley to the Nigiris in the south. The Eastern Ghats are discontinuous and irregular and dissected by rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal. Mahendragiri (1,501 meters) is the highest peak.
  5. The peninsular plateau is the black soil area known as Deccan Trap. This is of volcanic origin hence the rocks are igneous.

The Indian Desert

  1. lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills. It is an undulating sandy plain covered with sand dunes. This region receives very low rainfall below 150 mm per year. It has arid climate with low vegetation cover.
  2. Luni is the only large river in this region.

The coastal plains

  1. Runs along the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. The western coast, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, is a narrow plain. It consists of three sections. The northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai and Goa), the central stretch is called the Kannad Plain while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar coast.
  2. Northern part is referred as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandel Coast.
  3. Large rivers such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have formed extensive delta on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast.

The Islands

  1. Lakshadweep Islands group lying close to the Malabar coast of Kerala. This group of islands is composed of small coral islands. Earlier they were known as Laccadive.
  2. It covers small area of 32 sq km. Pavarotti island is the administrative headquarters of Lakshadweep.
  3. The entire group of islands is divided into two broad categories The Andaman in the north and the Nicobar in the south.

Important points to be noted

  1. Gondwana land: It is the southern part of the ancient super continent Pangea with Angara Land.
  2. Glaciers in the Great Himalayas Gangotri, Chaturangi, Bhagirathi, Kharak, Satopanth, Kamet, Milam and Pindari. Passes in the Great Himalayas Karakoram Pass, Shipkila pass, Nathula, Bomdila pass.
  3. States where highest peaks are located--
    Mountain peaks -State
    Kanchenjunga- Sikkim,
    Nanga Parbat- Jammu and Kashmir,
    Nanda Devi- Uttarakhand
    Kamet- Uttarakhand,
    Namche Barwa- Assam
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Geography chapter-2 physical features of india

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