India's External Relations — Part 2: Pakistan and Nuclear Policy: visual lesson, CBSE Class 12 Political Science

Lesson

Wars, peace and the bomb

Part 2 — India and Pakistan from 1947 to 1999, and India's nuclear policy.

In this lesson you will

Describe the conflicts and agreements between India and Pakistan from 1947 to 1999
Explain the wars of 1965 and 1971 and their outcomes
Explain the development of India's nuclear policy and its doctrine

Part 2 at a glance

Concept

The dispute that shaped the relationship
Year	Development
1947	Fighting begins after raiders enter Kashmir; the ruler accedes to India
1948	India takes the issue to the United Nations
1949	A ceasefire line divides the territory

Concept

Table of the Indus Waters Treaty: signed in 1960 by Nehru and Ayub Khan, mediated by the World Bank, on sharing the rivers of the Indus system
Feature of the Indus Waters Treaty	Detail
Year and signatories	1960; Prime Minister Nehru and President Ayub Khan
Mediator	The World Bank
Subject	Sharing the rivers of the Indus system