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  • India wins independence

    Political

  • First Indo-Pakistani war ends

    Political

  • UN ceasefire between Pakistani Kashmir and Indian held Kashmir

    Political

  • Pakistan joins World Bank

    Economic

  • India adopts a constitution and becomes a democratic republic

    Political

  • Jawahar Lal Nehru is PM of India

    Political

  • Pakistan PM Ali Khan is assassinated

    Political

  • KIng Tribhuvan restored to the Nepal throne

    Political

  • Muhammad Ali Bogra becomes PM of Pakistan

    Political

  • Urdu is made official language of Pakistan

    Social

  • PM Ali Bogra resigns

    Political

  • King Tribhuvan of Nepal dies

    Political and Social

  • New farming techniques and higher yielding grain varieties

    Economic

  • Indus Water Treaty signed (India and Pakistan)

    Economic, Political, and Social

  • India goes to war with China

    Political

  • First trade agreement signed between Pakistan and China

    Economic

  • India goes to war with Pakistan

    Political
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    Indira Ghandi becomes first female PM of India

    Political

  • Bangladesh wins independence

    Political
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    Dramatic economic change in South Asia

    Economic
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    Hussain Ershad rules Bangladesh

    Political

  • Bhutanese Citizenship Act of 1985

    Political and Social

  • Economic crisis and new model Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization

    Economic

  • Nepali civil war begins

    Political and Social

  • 39 of the Maldives islands hit by tsunami

    Social and Economic

  • Civil unrest in the Maldives

    Political and Social

  • King of Nepal assumes absolute power

    Political, Social, Economic

  • First Napalese elections held

    Political and Social

  • Bombings in Bhutan prior to elections

  • 1,600 killed in monsoon flooding in India

    Social

  • 70th Anniversary of Independence

    Social