Indo-Pakistani war

Resolution 47

mandated a plebiscite to be held in Kashmir to allow the citizens to choose which country they wanted to join

Karachi Agreement

1949: Negotiated by UNCIP between military leaders; focused on ending military action but not political reconciliation

UNSC resolution 91

1951: Imposition of a ceasefire and troop withdrawal from Kashmir but ignored by combatant states

1957

India officially integrates Kashmir into the Union of India

UNSC resolution 122

24 January 1957: reaffirmed resolutions 47 and 91 but ignored by combatant states

Indus water treaty

1960

1962

Sino-India War

1963

Pakistan cedes certain Kashmiri territories to China

Aug 1965

Operation Gilbraltar: Pakistan sends armed guerilla troops to incite Muslims in Kashmir into a rebellion

5 August to 23 September 1965

2nd Indo-Pakistani war, India retaliations by crossing international border at Lahore

Resolution 211

Successful ceasefire and troop withdrawal in second IP war, Set up UN India Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) observer force

USA imposes arms embargo on both sides

1965

Jan 1966

Tashkent agreement brokered by USSR: Both Indian and Pakistani sides are upset over lack of concessions

9 August 1971

Treaty of cooperation and friendship between USSR and India

3rd to 16th December 1971

Third IP war (Bangladesh Liberation War)

1972

USSR vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in East Pakistan

July 1972

Simla agreement: agreement to settle differences peacefully through bilateral negotiations, ceasefire line was renamed to line of control