World Geography Chapter 29 The Countries of South Asia Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. SECTION World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Road to Independence Section 2: India's People and Economy Section 3: Other Countries of South Asia Chapter 29: The Countries of South Asia SECTION Road to Independence What role did Mohandas Gandhi play in India?s move from a British colony to an independent nation? How did religious conflict contribute to independence for Pakistan and Bangladesh? 1 SECTION Indian Independence