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| 1949 | Nehru, Jawaharlal |  |
| India signs a treaty with Bhutan to conduct its foreign policy |
| 1950 | Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| 8th April India & Pakistan sign the Delhi Pact committing to uphold the rights of minorities |
| 1956 | Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| Prime minister Nehru of India fosters a neutral stance between communism and capitalism and founds the Non-Aligned Movement |
| 1961 | Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| India invades the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| Pakistani president Ayub Khan signs a cooperation pact with the USA to counterbalance Soviet influence in India |
| 1971 | Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| India hosts refugees from eastern Pakistan |
| Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 22nd Nov Pakistan accuses India of invading Bangladesh |
| 1976 | Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| India and Pakistan re-establish diplomatic relations |
| India's prime minister Indira Gandhi signs a cooperation pact with the Soviet Union |
| 1977 | Desai, Morarji Ranchodji | |
| The Desai administration re-establishes diplomatic relations with China, and improves bilateral relations with Pakistan, as well as defending India's nuclear policy on the world stage |
| 24th Mar India's new prime minister, Morarji Desai, addresses his first press conference in which he states that "...the government did not believe in nuclear weapons" and that he doubted "the necessity of peaceful nuclear explosions" |
| April Prime Minister Desai tells a West German interviewer, "I will give it to you in writing that we will not manufacture nuclear weapons. Even if the whole world arms itself with the bombs we will not do so." He also says that if the internal pressure to |
| 1979 | Desai, Morarji Ranchodji | |
| June Moscow Visits Kosygin & told the Kremlin will protect the Kabul government |
| 1989 | Gandhi, Rajiv | |
| Rajiv Gandhi is the first Indian prime minister to visit Pakistan |
| 1992 | Roa, Narasimha | |
| 26th June Tin Bigha India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh |
| 1999 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Feb Lahore Makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration |
| 2001 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Sep USAlifts sanctions imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests |
| Dec India imposes sanctions against Pakistan |
| Dec India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war |
| 2002 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| June India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| June The UK & USAurge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan |
| 2003 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Dec India & Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights |
| 2004 | Vajpayee, Atal Bihari | |
| 5th Jan Musharraf & Vajpayee agree to restart peace talks |
