Episode 2914
Simla Agreement
Fri, 2025-Apr-25 02:11 UTC
Length - 2:21
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With 364,792 views on Thursday, 24 April 2025 our article of the day is Simla Agreement.
The Simla Agreement, also spelled Shimla Agreement, was a peace treaty signed between India and Pakistan on 2 July 1972 in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It followed the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which began after India intervened in East Pakistan as an ally of Mukti Bahini who were fighting against Pakistani state forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War. In 2025, Pakistan suspended the agreement in retaliation for India's reaction to the 2025 Pahalgam attack.
The treaty's official purpose was stated to serve as a way for both countries to "put an end to the conflict and confrontation that have hitherto marred their relations" and to conceive the steps to be taken for further normalization of India–Pakistan relations while also laying down the principles that should govern their future interactions.
The treaty, made Pakistan for it's diplomatic recognition of Bangladesh., and no third party invlovement in India-Pak Issues and establishment of LOC. It also direct India to give back more than 13,000 km2 of land that the Indian Army had seized in Pakistan during the war, though India retained a few strategic areas, including Turtuk, Dhothang, Tyakshi (earlier called Tiaqsi) and Chalunka of Chorbat Valley, which was more than 883 km2.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:11 UTC on Friday, 25 April 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Simla Agreement on Wikipedia.
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