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G.O.S.T. Background Projects

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  • India loses brief border war with China.

  • Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

    Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir

    Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir

  • Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister

    Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister

  • Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh

    Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh

  • Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union

    Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union

  • India explodes first nuclear device in underground test

    India explodes first nuclear device in underground test

  • Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice

  • Period: to

    Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced

  • Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections

  • Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress

    Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress

  • Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards

    Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards

  • Rajiv Gandhi takes over as Prime Minister

    Rajiv Gandhi takes over as Prime Minister

  • Gas leak at Union Carbide pesticides plant in Bhopal.

    Thousands are killed immediately, many more subsequently die or are left disabled.
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    India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.

  • Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.

    Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.

  • Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.

  • BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

  • ndia carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.

  • ajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.

  • Cyclone devastates eastern state of Orissa, leaving at least 10,000 dead.

    Cyclone devastates eastern state of Orissa, leaving at least 10,000 dead.

  • India marks the birth of its billionth citizen

  • US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties

    US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties

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