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What is the history of the India-Pakistan conflict?
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, British rule ended in the Indian subcontinent.
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partition of India
Indians crowding onto trains during the partition of India into a predominantly Hindu...
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India as it exists in the early 21st century.
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Pakistan today
Pakistan as it exists in the early 21st century. Before the independence of Bangladesh...
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Bangladesh today
Bangladesh as it exists in the early 21st century. In the first decades after partition,...
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India-Pakistan conflict timeline
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