A newspaper editor in Lahore is selecting a front-page timeline for September 1965. It records fighting across the international border, reports of support ...
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A newspaper editor in Lahore is selecting a front-page timeline for September 1965. It records fighting across the international border, reports of support for Kashmiris and a later meeting in the Soviet city of Tashkent. Use the timeline to explain the significance of this war in relations between Pakistan and India.
(a) Identify the country that hosted the Tashkent meeting. [1]
(b) Explain one aim of the Tashkent Declaration. [2]
(c) State one political consequence of the declaration inside Pakistan. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Soviet Union / USSR. [1] (b) Any two: to end fighting; to restore forces to pre-war positions; to re-establish diplomatic relations; to reduce tension between India and Pakistan. [2] (c) Any one: criticism of Ayub Khan increased; Zulfikar Ali Bhutto broke with Ayub; opposition to the government strengthened. [1]
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