Timeline of India 1962-1992 1962 o Sino-Indian War China and India have a month long border dispute along

g Indias northern border India loses; China maintains the Actual Line of Control Border unofficially drawn West of Kashmir province of India and East of Aksai Chin province of China 1964 o Prime Minister Jawahharlal Nehru dies First ever P.M. of India Died of a heart attack Succeeded by Gulzarilal Nanda 1965 o Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Second one Fought over the same land as in previous one: the Kashmir province India won, kept its borders Big win for India after losing the Sino-Indian conflict earlier 1966 o Indira Gandhi becomes the third P.M. of India Daughter of Nehru Led India through a period of great economic success 1971 o Indi-Pakistani War of 1971 This time was over territory of East Pakistan, or Bangladesh India wins, Bangladesh gains independence from Pakistan India and Bangladesh are on the same side 1974 o India tests first nuclear weapon Named Smiling Buddha Threatened relations with China 1975 o P.M. Gandhi declares a state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice Accused of using government resources for campaigning Did little to harm her political career 1975-1977 o Indian Emergency Nearly 1000 political opponents were imprisoned Civil rights issues Program of compulsory birth control introduced Fight overpopulation 1977

o Gandhis party loses general elections Gandhi is removed from power o Morarji Desai elected P.M. Eased tense relations with China Worked more on the nuclear program with a little help from the US Retires; is replaced by Charan Singh 1980 o Gandhi returns to power Heads a Congress party splinter group Captured the Muslim vote Returned the Congress party and herself to power with a landslide victory in the elections Charan Singh defeated 1984 o Operation Blue Star Issued by P.M. Gandhi Put down the Sikh uprising Indian military invaded the most holy Sikh shrine to drive out militants o Gandhi assassinated Two of her bodyguards did it They were Sikh It was seen as an act of vengeance Gandhis son, Rajiv, takes over o Bhopal disaster Leak at a chemical plant Pretty much an entire village is killed 1987 o India deploys troops to help with the civil conflict in Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, terrorist organization, are causing ethnic conflicts within Sri Lanka 1989 o Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election Gandhi succeeded by V. P. Singh as P.M. 1990 o Indian troops withdraw from Sri Lanka Region had been stabilized o Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir Elections were rigged to get the son of the former leader of Kashmir to become elected The militaristic rebellions were essentially led by the people who lost, who were the cheaters 1991 o Rajiv Gandhi assassinated

Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers sympathizer was the culprit Suicide bomb o New economic plan launched by new P.M. P. V. Narasimha Rao 1992 o Widespread Hindu-Muslim violence erupts Hindi extremists demolish a mosque in Ayodhya Ticked off the Muslims pretty badly