South Asia timeline

By np2554744

  • India:Millions of Muslims left after independence

    Muslims leave for there independence.

  • India: Partition creates Hindu India

    Creation of Hindu India

  • India: Punjabis are half the population

    Shows the proportion of people in India

  • India: Declares itself a republic

    Becomes a republic

  • Sri Lanki: Indian Tamil Plantation worker disfranchised

    Due to this, they are deprived of their citizenship.

  • India: Democratic republic

    Turns into a democratic republic.

  • Bhutan: Reformist monarch Jigme dorji wangcluck succeeds to throne.

    Hes becomes air to the throne.

  • Bhutan: national assembly established

    Makes there national assembly

  • Maldives: Becomes a republic within the common wealth.

    Because the sultanate is abolished.

  • Sri Lanki: Anti Tamil Leave more than 200 people dead

    Due to this, there are many Tamils displaced.

  • Pakistan: second war with India over Kashmir.

    Vital war for land.

  • Maldives: Full independence as a sultanate outside common wealth.

    Gains full independence.

  • Bhutan: Bhutan joins united nations

    Joins united nations for allies

  • Bangladesh: Awami league proclaims independence of the province and Bangladesh

    Joins the independence.

  • Bangladesh: Sheikh Majibur Rahman becomes prime minister.

    Has a new prime minister.

  • Pakistan: simla peace agreement with India sets new frontline in Kashmir.

    Makes a peace treaty which makes it able to obtain more land.

  • India explodes first nuclear device

    Fails there first nuclear test.

  • Bhutan: First foreign tourist allowed in.

    Due to this it will help economy.

  • Bangladesh: Sheik Majibur Rahman is assassinated

    Prime minister is assassinated in military coup.

  • Bangladesh: General Ziaur Rahman becomes president.

    New president after the last on assassinated

  • Maldives: Development of tourist industry

    Able to become more economically developed.

  • Bangladesh: President Ziaur Rahman is assassinated.

    The next president is killed.

  • Sri Lanki: 13 soldiers die in ambush

    Due to this it sparks anti-Tamil riots and leads to several hundred Tamil deaths.

  • Sri Lanki: First attempt at peace talks between government and LTTE

    The peace tall is a fail.

  • Sri Lanki: President Premadasa killed in LTTE bomb attacks

    Kills there president

  • Bangladesh: Two thirds of the country devastaed by the worsts floods ever

    Bhutan greatly effected by floods

  • Pakistan: General Pervez Musharraf seizes power in coup.

    Able to seize power.

  • Pakistan: President Musharraf Backs the usa in its fight against terorism.

    Able to have a treaty and fight with each other the Taliban.

  • Sri Lanki: Peace talks again.

    They fail aswell.

  • Maldives: Police clash with the oppositions led protest

    the protest is for the people complaining about the food prices.