| Title of
the Event |
SIMLA AGREEMENT |
| Date(s) of
the event(s) |
- July 02, 1972 -
The Simla Agreement was signed between India and
Pakistan on this day in Simla, India.
- August 03, 1972 - On this day, the
Indian Parliament approved the draft Simla Agreement signed
by and between India and Pakistan on the 2nd July, 1972. So
this agreement became effective from this day.
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December 17, 1971: The agreement converted the cease-fire line of
this day into the Line
of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan and
it was agreed that "neither side shall seek to
alter it unilaterally, irrespective of mutual
differences and legal interpretations".
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Description |
- It followed from the Bangladesh Liberation war
in 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh.
- The treaty was signed in Simla, India, by
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the President of Pakistan, and
Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India.
- The agreement also paved the way for diplomatic
recognition of Bangladesh by Pakistan.
- Few major outcomes of the Simla
Agreement are:
- Both countries will "settle their
differences by peaceful means through bilateral
negotiations".
- The agreement converted the cease-fire line of
December 17, 1971 into the Line
of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan and
it was agreed that "neither side shall seek to
alter it unilaterally, irrespective of mutual
differences and legal interpretations".
- The agreement has not prevented the relationship between
the two countries from deteriorating to the point of armed
conflict, most recently in the Kargil War
of 1999.
- In Operation Meghdoot of 1984 India seized all
of the inhospitable Siachen Glacier region where
the frontier had not been clearly defined in the agreement
(possibly as the area was thought too barren to be
controversial).
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