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Ceasefire

India · Warfare / Indian Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1965–1971Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1965

Lal Bahadur Shastri23 September 1965

Warfare / Indian Wars

Lal Bahadur Shastri accepts the United Nations-backed ceasefire that ends the main fighting between India and Pakistan.

1971

Indira Nehru Gandhi16 December 1971

Warfare / Indian Wars

India accepts the Pakistani surrender in the eastern theatre and announces a ceasefire on the western front.

Names involved

Indira Nehru GandhiLal Bahadur Shastri

Provenance

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