| 1947 |
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British withdraw from India - Partition of India and Pakistan |
| 1948 |
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Mahatma Ghandi assassinated |
| 1957 |
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India claims state of Kashmir |
| 1958 |
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Ayub Khan becomes military leader of Pakistan |
| 1961 |
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Portugal loses its territories in Goa |
| 1962 |
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Sino-Indian Border Conflict between China and India |
| 1964 |
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Indian Prime Minister Jahawarlal Nehru dies |
| 1971 |
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Indira Ghandi becomes Prime Minister of India |
| 1971 |
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Indo-Pakistan War - Bangladesh declared independent republic |
| 1972 |
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Ceylon becomes independent Republic of Sri Lanka |
| 1974 |
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India explodes first nuclear device |
| 1977 |
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto executed after coup in Pakistan |
| 1978 |
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Muhammed Zia Ul-Haq becomes hard-line Muslim President of Pakistan |
| 1984 |
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Indira Ghandi assassinated by Sikhs - violence erupts in India |
| 1984 |
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Bhopal industrial disaster in Madhya Pradesh (4,000 - 25,000 killed) |
| 1985 |
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Tamil separatist resurgence in Sri Lanka |
| 1991 |
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Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi killed by Tamil suicide bomber |
| 1997 |
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Catholic nun Mother Teresa dies after nearly 50 years work in India |
| 1999 |
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Military coup led by Gen. Pervez Musharraf overthrows Pakistani government |
