south asia

  • independence P

    India receives independence
  • indo-pakistan war S

    first indo-pakistan war over kashmir ends but decades long conflict begins
  • the constitutionP

    inda adopted a constitution and became a ddemocratic republic
  • elections P

    india has its first elections
  • slavery S

    slavery abolished other social reforms follow in subsequent years in Bhutan
  • boarder war P

    india and china have a brief boarder war
  • kashmir P

    india and pakistan fight for kashmir again
  • bangledesh P

    east pakistan and west pakistan had a war and the east became bangledesh
  • UN P

    Bhutan joins the United Nations
  • sri lanka S

    Ceylon changes name to sri lanka
  • nuclear test E

    india has their first underground nuclear testing
  • socialist S/P

    congress party wins general electrions and government launches econaomic reforms and dismantles socialist plans
  • muslim bombing S

    a series of bomb blast planted by the muslim underworld hit the capital of bombay killing 257 people
  • tornado E

    fierce tonado rips trough 80 villages
  • ganges E

    india and bangledesh sign a treaty for access to the ganges river for water
  • nuclear test pt2 E

    india has another nuclear test and islamabad retaliates with their own
  • india and pakistan P/S

    india launches offensiveagainst pakistan backed infultrators around kargil in indian kashmir
  • 1,000,000,000 Eco

    indias population reaches 1 billion
  • ceasfire P

    pakistan announces ceasfire in kashmir aand india reciprocates
  • nuclear ban E/P

    india and pakistan renew ban on nuclear
  • rural jobs scheme Eco

    indias largest ever rural jobs scheme lits 60 million families out of poverty
  • political crisis

    a political crisis in bangledesh causes both major parties to be detained
  • republic P

    nepal becomes a republic after aboliton of monarchy
  • sri lanka P

    LTTE was defeated ending civil war killed between 70,000 and 80,000
  • constitution P

    nepal adopts a new constitutuion