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The end of British rule
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"The Partition"
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First war over Kashmir ends, decades long conflicts start
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India becomes a democratic republic and adopted a constitution
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Literacy rates increase
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After the British took possession of Ceylon in 1796, the Maldives became a British protectorate, a status formalized in 1887. In 1965 the Maldives attained complete political independence from the British, and in 1968 a new republic was inaugurated.
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Nepal became a member of the United Nations on December 14, 1955 – and it continues to contribute to that world body 65 years later.
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he Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War[17] was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule, It became the immediate cause of the war. -
Struck East Pakistan during a conflictual battle period named "Bhola" killed 300,000 people the most deadly cyclone ever -
Economic struggles led to conflicts and the Sri Lankan army killing over 25,000 youth
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was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in erstwhile East Pakistan which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh
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defeats Pakistan in brief war with Indian help
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On 21 November 1971, Bangladesh Muktu Bahini and the Indian forces formed an Allied Command and went on to defeat the West Pakistani army. The resulting surrender was the largest in the number of prisoners of war since World War II. Victory against Pakistan was declared on 16 December 1971. -
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n 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.
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was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Prabhakaran-led Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers). The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island,[34] due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese dominated Sri Lankan Government. -
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For the first time women prime minsters are shown in power
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Pakistan's nuclear weapons program was established in 1972 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who founded the program while he was Minister for Fuel, Power and Natural Resources, and later became President and Prime Minister. Shortly after the loss of East Pakistan in the 1971 war with India, Bhutto initiated the program with a meeting of physicists and engineers at Multan in January 1972
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Indian Army launches operations to evict Pakistani forces occupying Indian positions on the icy heights in Kargil district, known as the Kargil War.
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A unstoppable birth rate
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The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured. Causing major economical struggles.
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Country's worst-ever floods leave more than 200 people dead and drive some 4,000 people from their homes. -
Fatal Tsunami killing many and causing long term economic struggles
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A suicide bomber attacks the main military compound in Colombo, killing at least eight people. The military launch air strikes on Tamil Tiger targets.
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Bhutan allies with India
