Timeline (Tashkent Declaration)

This is the timeline for The Tashkent Declaration.

1964
India backs out of its promise to hold a plebiscite in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision. Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office on 27 May. Gulzarilal Nanda becomes the acting Prime Minister. Lal Bahadur Shastri assumes premiership on 9 June 1964. The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of India is made.

The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup. The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. The Shinkansen high-speed rail system, the world's first such system, is inaugurated in Japan, for the first sector between Tokyo and Osaka. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater with over 60 percent of the popular vote.

1965
Hindi become the official language of India. Anti-Hindi agitations break out in Madras state. Hindi remains one of the 23 official languages. The Indo-Pakistani War begins on 5 August. Pakistan launces Operation Grand Slam which ends in a