Question

Explain the role of Indian Ocean in contributing the development of India.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

Indian occupies a central and strategic location in the Indian Ocean area. Its national and economic interests are inseparably linked up with Indian Ocean. Hence to keep the Indian Ocean as a zone of Peace free from superpower rivalry and increasing cooperation among littoral countries in the region has always been India’s foreign Policy’s goal for example Look East policy, Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation, BIMSTECK and Ganga-Mekong Cooperation etc.

Writing in the 1940s, KM Pannikar argued that “while to other countries the Indian Ocean is only one of the important oceanic areas, to India it is a vital sea. Her lifelines are concentrated in that area, her freedom is dependent on the freedom of that water surface.

No industrial development, no commercial growth, no stable political structure is possible for her unless her shores are protected. Most of the conflicts since the end of the Cold War have also taken place in or around the Indian Ocean region. As a result almost all the world’s major powers have deployed substantial military forces in the Indian Ocean region.

A major concern of India in the Indian Ocean is energy. India is fourth-largest economy in the world, which is almost 70 per cent dependent on oil import, major part of which comes from gulf region.

Although continental Shelf of Mumbai High, Gulf of Khambat and Krishna-Godavari basin are rich in petroleum and natural gas. Inspite of this India’s economic security demands that all the sea lanes leading to the Indian Ocean, particularly the Suez Canal and the Straits of Malacca be kept open at all the times.

Apart from this Indian Ocean has an important role to play in keeping the moderate climate of the Southern India. Along with strategic importance. Indian Ocean is the only fishing ground for coastal fisherman is India. Due to huge marine recourses it spreads prosperity in coastal plains of India.

Answer 2

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➝ The formation of the Indian Ocean is itself a result of the north towards movement of Indian peninsula.

➝ The indian ocean and the two seas surrounding the Indian landmass have played important role in the following areas of land and water interaction.

(i) Contact with the outside world : North West India have trade relation with the outside world since ancient times.The silk route that linked the china with Rome has its major extension linking India.

(ii) Ocean Routes : India has 7500 kilometres long coastline with the opening of Suez canal in 1869.The distance between India and Europe was reduced by seven thousand kilometre greatly benifiting indian trade travel and commerce.

(iii) climate : The climate of India is generally influence by the presence of water bodies sub tropical high and the triangular shape of the indian landmass.The monsoon wind arising from the indian ocean.They divided into two branches Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal due to the shape of landmass.The climate of sub indian ocean is characterised by the monsoon climate.