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India comes under direct rule of the british crown after failed indian uprise.
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Ugyen Wangchuck is chosen as heredity leader.
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Nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi heads a campaign of non-violent protest against British rule which eventually leads to independence.
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British colonial rule over India ends
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India is split into two nations at independence - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan
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slavery abolished, other social reforms follow in subsequent years.
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Independence after a nine month war, with India backing the Bengali nationalist against Pakistan.
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India and Pakistan go to war over East Pakistan, leading to the creation of Bangladesh
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First Parliamentary elections give the Awami league a landslide victory
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first foreign tourists allowed in Bhutan
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India conducts its first underground nuclear test
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a military coup sees founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members killed, putting an end to civilian rule
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second parliamentary elections brings former army chief Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh nationalist party to power
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Development of tourist industry fuels economic growth
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president Ziaur Rahman assassinated during abortive military coup.
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General Hussain Muhammad Ershad assumes power in coup. He suspends the constitution and political parties.
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violent ethnic unrest and anti-government protests in southern Bhutan pressing for greater democracy and respect for Nepali rights. Bhutan's people's party begins campaign of violence. Thousands of ethnic Nepalis flee to Nepal.
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Government initiates a program of economic liberalization and reform, opening up the economy to global trade and investment
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The country returns to a parliamentary system of government.
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leader of illegal Bhutan party sentenced to life in prision.
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Nepal demands all 80,000 or so refugees should be accepted back to Bhutan.
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first internet cafe opens in Thimphu; Bhutan hit by land slide followed by landslide followed by sever flooding in the region, causing atleast 200 deaths.
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India's population tops one billion
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political crisis sees leaders of both major parties briefly detained.
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Bangladesh faces a campaign of violence by Islamists against bloggers, atheists and secular intellectuals.