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India Timeline
India Timeline
1971 Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
1984 Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.
1992 Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1980 Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1984 December - Gas leak at Union Carbide pesticides plant. Thousands are killed.
1987 India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers
1975 Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
1975 Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced.