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This makes anti-Pakistan sentiment run high in the country, particularly among the Afghan politicians. [54] In response to Afghan support for Baloch insurgents, since the 1970s onwards, Pakistan supported rebels such as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ahmad Shah Massoud, [55] Haqqanis, Taliban, [56] and others against the governments of Afghanistan.
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, [25] was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations. Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after its independence by ...
Online travel market in India had a growth rate of 22% over the next 4 years and reach ₹54,800 crore ($12.2 billion) in size by 2015. Indian e-tailing industry is estimated at ₹3,600 crore (US$800 million) in 2011 and estimated to grow to ₹53,000 crore ($11.8 billion) in 2015. The market went up to $12.6 billion in 2013.
India in 1947, before the partition, included the modern Republic of India, along with the land that became Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People's Republic of Bangladesh. [ 1] Indian reunification refers to the potential reunification of India (the Republic of India) with Pakistan and Bangladesh, which were partitioned from British India in ...
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi concluded that instead of taking in millions of refugees, India would be economically better off going to war against Pakistan. [102] As early as 28 April 1971, the Indian Cabinet had asked General Manekshaw (Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee) to "Go into East Pakistan". [103]
India 1858–1947 Anthem: "God Save the King/Queen" Political subdivisions of the British Raj in 1909. British India is shown in two shades of pink; Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Princely states are shown in yellow. The British Raj in relation to the British Empire in 1909 Status Imperial political structure (comprising British India [a] and the Princely States [b] Capital Calcutta [c] (1858 ...
Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. [3] Though Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries ago, [4] [5] [6] Hindus accounted for just 2.17% of Pakistan's population (approx 5.2 million people) in the 2023 Pakistani census. [7] The Umerkot district has the highest percentage of ...
Before the Partition of India in 1947, the ethno-religious composition of the Punjab Regiment consisted of: Punjabi Muslims (50%); Punjabi Hindus (40%); Punjabi Sikhs (10%). Following the regiment's transfer to the Pakistan Army, it became largely religiously homogenous, comprising mostly Muslims with around 20% ethnic Pashtuns and 80% Punjabis.