Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

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    history of dealing with security issues which has weakened the state. Conflicts risen from affairs such as the Partition have caused civilian battles that India struggled to contain. Other regional conflicts such as the Kashmir conflict and Indo-Pakistani war has led to India’s involvement and struggle to protect their own borders and welfare of their people. India has been forced to deal with maintaining stability not only within their own state but between themselves and other states as well. Despite

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    India-Pakistan Timeline

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    Pakistan went to war in October 1947 after Pakistan flourished a Muslim insurgency in Kashmir. India accepted a request for armed assistance from Kashmir's Maharaja, in return for access to India. But the nature of that accession has long been the subject of debate. The war ended on 1 January 1949, with a ceasefire line. The status of the land remained in violence because agreed papers confirming access never existed. 1965 The two countries went to war again after Pakistan launched a war across the ceasefire

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    states, today known as India and Pakistan. The history of relations between the two nations follows an oscillating track between times of peace and resumptions of wars and crises. Conflict expanded to encompass a broad range of issues from terrorism to a nuclear arms race through the history of these nations. Having engaged in four wars over six decades the countries still stand divided over a multitude of issues today, leading to high tensions between the borders. Through the assistance of

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    Position Paper

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    choose to join either India or Pakistan. Pakistan fails to recognize the Instrument of Accession signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on October 26, 1947 ceding Kashmir to India as they believe it was signed for the sole purpose of military assistance. Many wars have been

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    India 's 9 / 11

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    Pakistan have had many past conflicts including four different wars following their independence from Britain. These previous conflicts between the two nations eventually led to the attacks on Mumbai, India’s commercial gem, in 2008. The attack consisted of multiple synchronized bombings and shootings across Mumbai, resulting in 166 deaths, including six Americans, and over 308 wounded. India claims that the attackers were members of a Pakistani militant organization known as Lakshar-e-Taiba, meaning “army

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    Prime Minister, Lal Bhadur Shastri, and Pakistani President, M Ayub Khan, signed the Tashkent agreement on Jan one, 1966. They resolved to try to finish the dispute, but the death of mister Shastri and the rise of information Yahya Khan in Asian nation resulted in stalemate. In 1971a third war, resulting in the formation of the freelance nation of Bangla Desh (formerly called East Pakistan). A war had broken out in People 's Republic of Bangladesh in March 1971, and soon India was sweet-faced with 1

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    Kashmir Issue

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    These claims are often reinforced with partisan interpretation of history and selective evidence. The real attitude and concrete policies towards the dispute, however, are often governed by perception of short term “national interests” as defined by dominant political elite of the two countries the interests that apparently are irreconcilable and non-negotiable. While each side sticks to its claims over Kashmir, the Kashmiri Muslims continue to pay a heavy price for their defiant struggle against

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    Indian Foreign Policy: Non Alignment in the midst of the Cold War At the onset of the cold war, the world was rapidly developing into two hostile camps, one dominated by the west – most particularly by the US – and the other by the USSR. The two superpowers differed only by ideology, the US with capitalism and the USSR with communism, but both sought to aggressively spread their ideologies and expand their spheres of influence to other sovereign nations. No means was spared in this expansion,

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    The year 1971 started with high hopes around the world for peace, prosperity and all round development in all spheres. On the eve of 1971 there were jubilations all over the world from Melbourne to San Francisco, crackers turned the nights illuminating into multicolour, as if Celestial bodies themselves came down to greet people. Beer Mugs after mugs were gulped down to bid adieu to 1970 and welcome the New Year. Another fresh new year was here, another year to live, to love and laugh again, to

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    POLITICAL PARTIES OF PAKISTAN 1: PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE – N: Pakistan Islamic Team (N) (PML Nawaz group, or PML-N) became Pakistan's judgment party after an important success in the Pakistani common elections of 2013. It

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