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India and Pakistan go to war in Himalayan region of Kashmir
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India wins Independence from Britain after being subdivided into two separate nations, Pakistan and India
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Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Independence movement, is assinated
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Jawaharlal Nehru killed by a Hindu extremist
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India and Pakistan fight over Kasmir
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Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, becomes prime minister
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India and Pakistan fight over another major war and leads to the creation of Bangladesh
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Indira Gandhi is assassinated by Sikh bodyguards