1971-1980 (Tashkent Declaration)

1970 Edit

 * Soviet Forces capture Beijing and Chongqing. India units capture Aksai Chin and Indian Airborne units capture parts of Tibet including Lhasa. The Treaty of Alma-Ata is signed between India, PRC and the USSR. Manchuria and Sinking become parts of the USSR, Greater Tibet gains independence and Inner Mongolia is ceded to Mongolia. The PRC is forced to surrender its nuclear assets to the USSR.
 * The East Pakistan based Awami League wins national majority in the general election in Pakistan. Z.A. Bhutto prevents the Awami League from forming the government. Yahya Khan declares martial law.
 * The Pro-American Cambodian coup fails. The Khmer Rogue takes control of Phnom Penh. The Cambodian Civil War ends with a Khmer Rogue victory.
 * Operation Menu commences. US forces and the ARVN launch the invasion of Cambodia. The My Lai massacre is made public. Peace protests spread across the United States. The US government withdraws all troops from Vietnam.
 * The Party Quebecois wins 7 seats in the Quebec General elections in Canada. The October Crisis occurs in Quebec. The popularity of the FLQ rises.
 * The Nigerian Civil War ends with the Treaty of Port Harcourt. Biafra gains independence from Nigeria.

1971 Edit

 * Operation Searchlight is launched in East Pakistan.
 * The NVA and Cambodian forces invade South Vietnam. The Northern territories are quickly overrun and South Vietnam is cut in half. Operation Linebacker is initiated.
 * Mao Zedong dies in Beijing. Lin Biao and the Gang of Four take control of the PRC.
 * Project National Glory is launched by the ROC. The Second Chinese Civil War starts.
 * The Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty is signed in New Delhi.
 * The 3rd Indo-Pakistani War begins on 3 December. Indian forces invade East Pakistan in support of the Mukti Bahini. General AAK Niazi signs the instrument of surrender. India forces capture Lahore and Bahawalpur in the West while making substantial gains in the Sindh and Northern sectors.
 * The FLQ organises a rally of 100,000 workers in Quebec, demanding independence.
 * The Croatian Spring is subdued by Tito in Yugoslavia.

1972 Edit

 * The Treaty of Shimla is signed between India and Pakistan. Pakistan recognises Bangladeshi independence.
 * The Paris Peace Accords are signed between North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States.
 * The ROC forces capture Nanjing and Shanghai.

1973 Edit

 * The 4th Arab-Israeli War starts on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Israeli forces devastate Damascus. The war ends with the defeat of the Arab Coalition on 29 October.
 * Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese forces. South Vietnam surrenders.
 * Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou fall to the ROC. The capital of the ROC is moved to Nanjing.
 * The coup attempt against Salvador Allende fails. Augusto Pinochet is executed.

1974 Edit

 * The Scottish National Party secures more than 50% of the votes in Scotland.
 * The Quebec indpendence referendum is held. An overwhelming majority of the votes are in favour of independence.
 * Vietnam is officially declared united.
 * Pathet Lao wins the Laotian Civil War.
 * ROC forces capture Shandong. A ceasefire is declared by the United Nations. The Second Chinese Civil War ends. The Hong Kong agreement is signed between the ROC and the PRC. The PRC retains control of Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Shaanxi, parts of Gansu, parts of Qinghai and parts of Sichuan.

1975 Edit

 * The Republic of Quebec gains independence from Canada.
 * The Angolan Civil War starts.
 * The Lebanese Civil War starts.

1976 Edit

 * The Lhasa Agreement is signed between the ROC, USSR, Tibet and India. The ROC recognises Tibetan independence, Soviet control over Manchuria and Xinjiang, Mongolian control over Inner Mongolia and the Soviet and Indian territories which had been disputed by the PRC while India and USSR recognise ROC as the legitimate government of China.

1977 Edit

 * Homi Bhabha (Head of the Indian nuclear programme) dies.
 * Operation Fair Play succeeds in Pakistan and overthrows the Bhutto led government.
 * The INC wins the 1977 elections.

1978 Edit

 * The Scotland Act 1978 is passed in the British Parliament.
 * The PDPA gains power in Afghanistan.
 * The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt in 1978.
 * Zia-ul-Haq comes to power in Pakistan.
 * Lal Bahadur Shastri dies.

1979 Edit

 * The Scottish devolution referendum is held. The Scotland Act 1978 is put into effect and the Scottish Parliament is created.
 * Insurgencies in Afghanistan including the Herat Uprising are crushed by the government using limited Soviet support.
 * Saddam Hussein becomes the President of Iraq.
 * The Egypt-Israel peace treaty is signed.
 * The Iranian Revolution overthrows the Pahlavi monarchy and an Islamic Republic is established.
 * Riots and uprisings occur in Khuzestan, Iranian Kurdistan and Iranian Azerbaijan.
 * Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is executed.
 * The communist FSLN wins the Nicaraguan Civil War and establishes a communist regime in Nicaragua.
 * The Salvadoran Civil War starts.
 * The New Jewel Movement overthrows the government of Grenada and establishes a communist regime.