The Simla Agreement of 1972 between India and Pakistan is remembered chiefly for:
- A.Dividing the rivers of the Indus system
- B.Converting the ceasefire line in Kashmir into the Line of Control
- C.Listing the five principles of peaceful coexistence
- D.Protecting the rights of minorities in both countries
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Explanation
The correct answer is B. The Simla Agreement was signed on 2 July 1972 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after the war of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh. It converted the ceasefire line in Jammu and Kashmir into the Line of Control, provided for the withdrawal of forces and the return of prisoners of war, and bound both countries to settle their differences bilaterally and peacefully. Option A describes the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, signed by Nehru and Ayub Khan with the World Bank as a party. Option C describes the Panchsheel Agreement with China of 29 April 1954. Option D describes the Nehru-Liaquat Agreement of 1950, which dealt with the treatment of minorities after Partition. The agreement is still the basis on which India insists that disputes with Pakistan be settled between the two countries alone, without outside mediation.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Treaty of Alinagar
- B.Treaty of Allahabad
- C.Treaty of Salbai
- D.Treaty of Purandar
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It was signed in 1765 by Robert Clive with the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh after the Company's victory at Buxar in 1764.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Salbai, signed in 1782, ended which war?
- A.First Anglo-Maratha War
- B.Second Anglo-Maratha War
- C.Second Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Third Anglo-Maratha War
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That war began after the Treaty of Surat of 1775, by which the Bombay government supported Raghunath Rao's claim to the Peshwa's seat, and it ended with the Treaty of Salbai in 1782 between Warren Hastings and Mahadji Scindia.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Bassein of 1802 was signed between the East India Company and which ruler?
- A.Tipu Sultan
- B.Peshwa Baji Rao II
- C.Ranjit Singh
- D.Nizam of Hyderabad
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Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Srirangapatnam of 1792 was signed at the end of which war?
- A.First Anglo-Mysore War
- B.Second Anglo-Mysore War
- C.Third Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
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Read the full explanation →The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and:
- A.Dr B. R. Ambedkar
- B.Lord Irwin
- C.Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D.Madan Mohan Malaviya
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The Communal Award of August 1932 had given the Depressed Classes separate electorates.
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