South Asia Timeline

By Tamera
  • India

    5% of India's farmers owned 25% of the land(economic)
  • India

    India celebrated the 50th anniversary from getting independence from Great Britain(social)
  • India

    India adopted there constitution and became a democratic republic(political)
  • Bhutan

    slavery was abolished(political)
  • Sri Lanka

    Ant Tamli riots leave more than 200 people dead. (political)
  • India

    A civil war broke out due to cultural differences.(social)
  • Bengladesh

    The Bengali won independence after a nine month war against Pakistan(political)
  • Bangladesh

    A huge flood ruins grain crops and kills 28,000 people(economical)
  • Bhutan

    First time foreign tourists and allowed in(social)
  • Bangladesh

    President Ziaur Rahman is assassinated because of a abortive military coup(political)
  • Bangladesh

    President Ershad steps down due to mass protests(political)
  • Sri Lanka

    President Premasada is killed by LTTE bomb(political)
  • Nepal

    Nepal's communist government is dissolved (political)
  • The Maldives

    A pro democracy protest turns violent and around 100 people are jailed(political)
  • The Maldives

    A tsunami devastates the islands and hurts infrastructure and the government says it pushed development back by 20 years.(economic)
  • Nepal

    Nepal joins the world trade organization(political)
  • Nepal

    Street protests call for a return to democracy against the royalist leader(political)
  • Pakistan

    An earthquake kills tens of thousands of people in Kashmir(social)
  • Nepal

    King Gyanendra dismisses the government and declares a state of emergency and becomes an absolute monarch (political)
  • Bangladesh

    A political crisis causes leaders of both major political parties detained(political)
  • Sri lanka

    A suicide bomber kills 8 people on a militaria compound (political)
  • Nepal

    Monarchies are abolished in Nepal (political)
  • The Maldives

    15 year old boy scout wrestles a knife from a would be assassinate of president Gayoom(social)
  • The Maldives

    President Nahseem announces that the island will switch to renewable energy to be come carbon neutral within a decade(economic)
  • Pakistan

    worse flood in 80 years effects 20 million and kills over 1500 civilians(social)
  • Pakistan

    A 33 million dollar aide from a US senate panel is cut from Pakistan due to the jailing of Shakil Afridi(political)
  • Pakistan

    Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes after the US apologizes for killing Pakistan soldiers.(economic)
  • Pakistan

    Malala Yousafzai is shot in the head by the tail ban but survives and wins a Nobel peace prize (Political)
  • Bhutan

    Protests happens because china builds road in disputed territory.(political)
  • Sri Lanka

    A suicide bomber kills more than 350 people in church on Easter Sunday (social)