India's relations with China, on the other hand, have resembled more of a mini鈥擟old War, characterized by tense relations but only rare instances of military confrontation over the past several decades. A comparison of Pakistani-India enmity with Sino-Indian rivalry illustrates the fact that ...
This strategy backfired firstly because the British, eager to cut their losses and leave, rushed ahead with Partition. Secondly, rather than agree to Jinnah proposal (an undivided Indian federation with a weak centre), the Congress saw the advantages of an India divided but with a strong centre...
Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both in its entirety. Though Pakistani and Indian troops in Kashmir often trade fire, the latest casualties came a day after tensions escalated sharply following a pre-dawn airstrike and incursion by India that New Delhi said targeted a ...
Preface: This paper culminates my line of argument since our University of Hawaii Pakistan book in the mid 1980s, through my work on the Kashmir problem in the 1990s, published in The Statesman in 2005/2006 etc and in my undelivered Lahore lectures of 2011. https://independentindian.com/20...
East Pakistan- a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971 Bangla Desh,Bangladesh,People's Republic of Bangladesh ...
Snowcapped Himalayan peaks, rare brown bears, and otherworldly rock formations dazzle travelers to this stunning part of the world.
Why did India and Pakistan fight a war in 1971? India and Pakistan fought a war in 1971 because Bangladesh sought independence. Pakistan launched the attack against India first, followed by Indian invasion.The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 In the 1800s, almost all of the Indian subcontinent was...
Kashmir and the 1965 War, by Shabir Choudhry, http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/shabir/shabir_1998_10_1.html The Sino-Indian War, 1962-63, http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/india/indiachina1962.htm Pakistan: Fifty Years of Nationhood, third edition, by Shahid Javed Burki, Westview Press, 19...
After Singh’s death, the city rapidly declined, and it passed under British rule in 1849. When the Indian subcontinent received independence in 1947, Lahore became the capital of West Punjab province; in 1955 it was made the capital of the newly created West Pakistan province, which was ...
“If you are a big power out to teach a lesson to an upstart, and it’s a draw — especially a messy draw of this kind, then the upstart has won,” says Ajai Shukla, a retired Indian army colonel. “We’ve actually achieved the near impossible feat of making Pakistan look statesman...