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India fights with China over a border dispute and loses.
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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies.
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India engages in a second war with Pakistan over the area of Kashmir.
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Two years after Nehru's death, his daughter, Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
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India engages into a third war with Pakistan over the creation of Bangladesh which was originally a part of East Pakistan.
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Troops invade the Golden Temple, which is the Sikhs' most holy place of worship to deter them against pusing for self-rule.
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Sikh bodyguards kill Indira Gandhi and her son takes over in her place.
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Thousands are killed or left disabled after a gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticides plant.
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With ethnic conflict occurring in Sri Lanka, India sends troops to help serve as peacekeepers.
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After 3 years of serving as peacekeepers, Indian troops withdraw from Sri Lanka.
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Muslim separatist groups began campaigns of violence against Hindus and Hindu extremists destroyed Muslim mosques.
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Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a suicide bomber who agreed with the beliefs of a Sri Lankan militant group.
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Prime Minister Narasimha Rao began a new program to help reform India's economy.
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Congress suffers a defeat as a Hindu nationalist emerges as the new largest single party.
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BJP forms a coalition government underneath Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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Prime Minister Vajpayee travels to Pakistan to sign a bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
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Another dispute over Kashmir led India and Pakistan to fight against each other
