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India and Pakistan: 60 years of Independence
India: colour, chaos, and contradictions
Politics & Economics
Arabian Business looks back over 60 years of the India's independence, and asks ‘what next'?
Indian envoy to UAE urges greater trade
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New ambassador highlights energy, agriculture and education as future potential of economic ties with Gulf.
Old guard still hold sway over India
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Foreign investors face challenges with India's policy-makers still cautious about opening up the economy.
India's growth causing staff shortage in GCC
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IN PICTURES
INDIA TIMELINE
1858 - India comes under rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
1920-22 - Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
1947 - End of British rule; partition of sub-continent into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
1948 - Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist.
1948 - War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
1951-52 - Jawaharlal Nehru leads Congress Party to win in first general election
1962 - India loses border war with China.
1964 - Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1965 - Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1966 - Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971 - Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh.
1974 - India explodes nuclear device in underground test.
1975 - Indira Gandhi found guilty of electoral malpractice.
1984 - Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards. Her son, Rajiv, takes over.
1991 - Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers sympathisers assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.
1991 - Economic reform programme introduced
1996 - Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1998 - Nuclear tests, international condemnation.
1999 - Vajpayee makes bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif - bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
2000 - One billionth citizen.
2001 - US lifts sanctions imposed after nuclear tests.
2001 - India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war.
2002 - India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
2002 - Pakistan tests three surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
2004 - India seeks permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
2007 April - India's first commercial space rocket is launched
2007 May - 9.4% growth in the year to March - strongest economic growth figures in two decades
1920-22 - Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
1947 - End of British rule; partition of sub-continent into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
1948 - Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist.
1948 - War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
1951-52 - Jawaharlal Nehru leads Congress Party to win in first general election
1962 - India loses border war with China.
1964 - Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1965 - Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1966 - Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971 - Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh.
1974 - India explodes nuclear device in underground test.
1975 - Indira Gandhi found guilty of electoral malpractice.
1984 - Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards. Her son, Rajiv, takes over.
1991 - Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers sympathisers assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.
1991 - Economic reform programme introduced
1996 - Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1998 - Nuclear tests, international condemnation.
1999 - Vajpayee makes bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif - bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
2000 - One billionth citizen.
2001 - US lifts sanctions imposed after nuclear tests.
2001 - India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war.
2002 - India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
2002 - Pakistan tests three surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
2004 - India seeks permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
2007 April - India's first commercial space rocket is launched
2007 May - 9.4% growth in the year to March - strongest economic growth figures in two decades
IN PICTURES
PAKISTAN TIMELINE
1947 - Muslim state of East and West Pakistan created.
1948 - War with India over Kashmir.
1956 - Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic.
1958 - Martial law declared; General Ayyub Khan takes over.
1965 - War with India over Kashmir.
1969 - General Ayyub Khan resigns; General Yahya Khan takes over.
1971 - Bangladesh formed after East Pakistan attempts to secede.
1973 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister.
1978 - General Zia becomes president.
1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged.
1985 - Martial law; political parties ban lifted.
1986 - Benazir Bhutto returns from exile to lead PPP in fresh elections.
1988 November - Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins election.
1990 - Bhutto dismissed on charges of incompetence and corruption.
1991 - Shariah law incorporated into legal code.
1998 - Pakistan conducts nuclear tests.
1999 - Benazir Bhutto and husband convicted of corruption.
1999 - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.
2001 - Gen Pervez Musharraf names himself president.
2002 - Pakistan test fires three medium-range surface-to-surface missiles.
2002 - First general election since the 1999 military coup - hung parliament.
2003 - Pakistan declares a Kashmir ceasefire.
2004 - Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
2004 - Shaukat Aziz becomes prime minister.
2005 - Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile.
2006 - Pakistan test fires a short-range missile capable of carrying a warhead.
2007 June - President Musharraf extends media controls to the internet and mobile phones.
1948 - War with India over Kashmir.
1956 - Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic.
1958 - Martial law declared; General Ayyub Khan takes over.
1965 - War with India over Kashmir.
1969 - General Ayyub Khan resigns; General Yahya Khan takes over.
1971 - Bangladesh formed after East Pakistan attempts to secede.
1973 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister.
1978 - General Zia becomes president.
1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged.
1985 - Martial law; political parties ban lifted.
1986 - Benazir Bhutto returns from exile to lead PPP in fresh elections.
1988 November - Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins election.
1990 - Bhutto dismissed on charges of incompetence and corruption.
1991 - Shariah law incorporated into legal code.
1998 - Pakistan conducts nuclear tests.
1999 - Benazir Bhutto and husband convicted of corruption.
1999 - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.
2001 - Gen Pervez Musharraf names himself president.
2002 - Pakistan test fires three medium-range surface-to-surface missiles.
2002 - First general election since the 1999 military coup - hung parliament.
2003 - Pakistan declares a Kashmir ceasefire.
2004 - Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
2004 - Shaukat Aziz becomes prime minister.
2005 - Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile.
2006 - Pakistan test fires a short-range missile capable of carrying a warhead.
2007 June - President Musharraf extends media controls to the internet and mobile phones.
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