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India Partition - Russia

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    Pakistan attempts at creating stronger realtions with the USSR

    USSr has become very close to India, providing more support to India than China.
    Pakistan desires the USSR's financial support.

  • Cabinet Mission

  • Great Calcutta Killing

    Great conflict (riots and manslaughter) between Muslims and Hindus.

  • Indian Independence Act

    Received royal assent: July 18
    Came into being: August 14/15

  • India Partition

    Partition of India into: Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan.

  • Kashmit War (First Indo-Pakistan War)

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    First Kashmir War

    War fought between India and Pakistan, over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu.

  • Gandhi Assasinated by Hindu Nationalist

  • Khrushchev declares USSR's support of Indian sovereingty over Kashmir region

    Date is not necessarily October 1st, but instead, fall of 1955 (approximated date)

  • Second Indo-Pakistani War

    did not necessarily start April 1st
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    Second Indo-Pakistani War

    Russia served as a peace broker between India and Pakistan, supporting India's sovereingty over the Kashmir region.

  • Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation