Tag: foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries

The Bangladesh Liberation War also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan and the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. It resulted in the independence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971. It pursued the systematic elimination of nationalist Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia, religious minorities and armed personnel. The junta annulled the results of the 1970 elections and arrested Prime Minister-elect Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Srilanka is an Island country located in the Indian Ocean to the south of India.  Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest. Sri Lanka was known from the beginning of British colonial rule until 1972 as Ceylon which is now known as Srilanka. 

The India-Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace was a 25-year treaty that was signed on 19 March 1972. The treaty was also known as the Indira-Mujib Treaty. The signatories of the treaty were Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Simla Agreement was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan on 2nd July 1972. It was much more than a peace treaty seeking to reverse the consequences of the 1971 war i.e. to bring about withdrawals of troops.

A republic was formally established on 1st January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution which began on 10th October 1911. The Revolution helped in throwing the Qing Dynasty that ruled over two thousand years in China. From its founding until 1949 it was based on mainland China. After 1912 the republic faced many hurdles but in 1949 China emerged as a Republic Nation.

From times, Tibet has served as buffer zone between India and China. But it’s not so in present times. In 1959, China occupied Tibet and since then the border has become a contentious issue between India and China.

On February 4, 1948, Ceylon was granted independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Dominion status within the British Commonwealth was retained for the next 24 years until May 22, 1972 when it became a republic and was renamed the Republic of Sri Lanka.

On October 7^th, 1950 the units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army crossed the River Yangtze into Kham, the eastern province of Tibet in the foothills of the Himalayas.

It is not a reason at all.