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South Asia

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  • India Gains Independence - Political

    The British gave India independence

  • Indo Pakistani War Ends - Political

    The war between India and Pakistani ends, although conflict will continue

  • Slavery ended in Bhutan

  • King Mahendra seizes control in Nepal - Political

    King Mahendra takes control and suspends parliament, constitution and party politics

  • Second Pakistani war Starts over Kashmir - Political

  • Full independence of Maldives as a sultanate outside Commonwealth

  • Third war with Pakistan - Political

    Started over the creation of Bangladesh, former east Pakistan.

  • India Tests First Nuclear Bomb - Political

  • First foreign tourists allowed into Bhutan

  • First parliamentary election in Bangladesh takes place - Political

    Amami League wins in landslide win

  • Military coup occurs in Bangladesh - Political

    Military Coup occurs and leaves founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family dead, ending civilian rule.

  • Soviet Army invades Afghanistan and put up communist government

    More than a million people died in the war

  • Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. and Pakistan work to remove Soviet placed ruler, starts civil war

  • Thousands of Hindus flee from Bhutan to Nepal following clashes

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    Maoist revolt in Nepal

    The revolt kills thousands

  • Taliban seize control of Kabul in Afghanistan

    Imposes hard-line version of Islam on the people

  • King of Bhutan cedes some powers to national assembly

  • Coup occurs in Pakistan - Political

    Army chief Pervez Musharraf seizes power, ousting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

  • India population reaches 1 Billion - Social

  • US intervenes militarily after 9-11 attacks. Taliban are ousted from Kabul and Hamid Karzai becomes head of an interim power-sharing government.

  • Former Pakistan Prime Minister is assassinated - Political

    Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated while on campaign trail for 2008 parliamentary election.

  • Nepal removes monarchy and becomes republic - Political

  • Hindu Nationalist BJP Party wins election - Political

    Biggest election victory in 30 years by any party

  • Ashraf Ghani elected president. NATO formally ends its combat mission in Afghanistan

  • Nepal becomes first country in Asia to protect gay rights - Social

    Made a new constitution that specifically protected gay rights

  • Taliban recapture Kabul after US forces withdraw