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India wins independence.
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Muslim state of East and West Pakistan created out of partition of India at the end of British rule
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Ceylon gains full independence.
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First indo-Pakistan war over Kashmir ends, decades long conflict.
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First war with India over disputed territory of Kashmir
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Anti-Rana forces based in India form alliance with monarch.
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Nepal joins the United Nations.
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Slavery abolished.
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Agricultural scientists introduced new farming techniques, improved production- Green Revolution
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King Mahendra seizes control and suspends parliament, constitution and party politics.
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Full independence as a sultanate outside Commonwealth.
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Sultan deposed after referendum, Ibrahim Nasir becomes president.
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Independence after a nine month war, India backing Bengali against Pakistan.
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East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war. India intervenes in support of East Pakistan which eventually breaks away to become
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Ceylon changes its name to Sri Lanka.
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India tests it's fist nuclear bomb
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Severe floods devastate much of the grain crop, leading to an estimated 28,000 deaths.
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First foreign tourists allowed in.
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is assassinated in a military coup in August. Martial law is imposed.
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General Ziaur Rahman becomes president.
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Development of tourist industry fuels economic growth.
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President Ziaur Rahman is assassinated in abortive coup.
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Start of civil war.
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Sikhs who were angered by India assassinated the Prime minister
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President Ershad lifts martial law and reinstates the constitution.
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5% of Indias farm families owned nearly 25% of India's farmland
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Thousands of Hindus flee to Nepal following clashes.
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Nepali Congress Party wins first democratic elections.
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King cedes some powers to national assembly.
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Army chief Pervez Musharraf seizes power in coup, ousting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Bhutanese, Nepalese ministers meet to discuss the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal. Some 100,000 ethnic Nepalese say they were forced out of Bhutan in the 1980s and 1990s, alleging ethnic and political repression.
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated while on campaign trail for 2008 parliamentary election.
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Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed defeats President Gayoom in elections.
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Nepal becomes a republic after abolition of monarchy.
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LTTE defeated, ending the war thought to have killed between 70,000 and 80,000 people.
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President Mohamed Nasheed is ousted in a coup.
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- Jihadist suicide bombers attack churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, killing more than 350 people.