New Nations Emerge By cavinb05788@ 1947 India and Pakistan go to war in Himalayan region of Kashmir Period: 1947 to 1984 India wins Independence from Britain after being subdivided into two separate nations, Pakistan and India 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Independence movement, is assinated 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru killed by a Hindu extremist 1965 India and Pakistan fight over Kasmir 1966 Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, becomes prime minister 1971 India and Pakistan fight over another major war and leads to the creation of Bangladesh 1984 Indira Gandhi is assassinated by Sikh bodyguards