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South Asia Region

Introduction

South Asia or Southern Asia is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east. South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land (clockwise, from west) by West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Southern Asia comprises the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It mostly encompasses countries that were part of the former British Empire in the region,] including the current territories of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh at the core, but also including Sri Lanka and Burma

South Asia is home to well over one fifth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and most densely populated geographical region in the world

As the region struggles to rise from developing to develop many challenges stand in the way.  What exactly is holding this region back?

* Women's Rights

* Caste

* Child Labor

* Disease

* Environmental disasters

* Terrorism

* Employment

Geography.

Much of the region comprises a peninsula in south-central Asia, rather resembling a diamond which is delineated by the Himalayas on the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Arakanese in the east, and which extends southward into the Indian Ocean with the Arabian Sea to the southwest and the Bay of Bengal to the southeast.

History

Almost all South Asian countries were under direct or indirect Muslim and European Colonial subjugation at some point. Much of modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma were gradually occupied by Great Britain - starting from 1757, reaching their zenith in 1857 and ruling till 1947. Nepal and Bhutan were to some extent protectorates of Great Britain until after World War II. In the millennia long history of South Asia, this European occupation period is rather short, but its proximity to the present and...