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Pakistan vs. India
Leah RohdeAnd
Justin Simerlink
India and Pakistan
• Tensions grew between India and Pakistan because of nuclear tests in 1998.
• India launched military strikes against Kashmiri in May 1999.
• Kashmir was a result of the 1947 Indian Independence Act
Two states were created..
• India and Pakistan were created after the independence struggle from Britain.
In 1971..
• India’s military created conflict in East Pakistan.
Pakistan had close relations with the US
Islamic fundamentalist
• Began to spread their control to Kashmir.
• India claims that the Pakistan government supports insurgents.
Pakistan
• Chose to be an Islamic republic
India and Pakistan..
• Have been long-time cricket rivals as well…
Pakistan possesses
• Missile capabilities to hit India.• Their IRBM launchers are more
vulnerable to and Indian attack.
Indian IRBM launch pads..
• Can be kept out of Pakistan range.
India declared
• A no-first-use policy.
Indo-Pakistani War 1999
• Pakistan was forced to withdraw its troops.
All Indo-Pakistani Wars
• 1947• 1965• 1971• 1999
Conflicts
• Siachen Conflict ’84• -India launched Operation
Meghdoot that captured most of the Siachen Glacier.
• Other conflicts in the glacier area happened in ’85, ’87, and ’95.
Kashmir insurgency
• November 1986 to March 1987• India began Operation Brasstacks• It lead to fear of another war• Tensions were high in 1990• December 13, 2001 there was a
terrorist attack on Indian Parliament.