Tashkent Declaration

Tashkent Declaration

The Tashkent Declaration of 10 January 1966 was a peace agreement between India and Pakistan. In September 1965 before the two had engaged in the short run Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace had been achieved on 23 September by the intervention of the great powers who pushed the two nations to a cease fire for fears the conflict could escalate and draw in other powers.

A meeting was held in Tashkent in the Uzbek SSR, USSR (now in Uzbekistan) beginning on 4 January 1966 to try to create a more permanent settlement. The Soviets, represented by Premier Alexei Kosygin moderated between Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan.

The conference was viewed as a great success and the declaration that was released was hoped to be a framework for lasting peace. The declaration stated that [1]

  • Indian and Pakistani forces would pull back to their pre-conflict positions, pre-August lines, no later than February 25, 1966.
  • The nations would not interfere in each other's internal affairs
  • Economic and diplomatic relations would be restored
  • The two leaders would work towards building good relations between the two countries.

The day after the declaration Indian Prime Minister Shastri died of a sudden heart attack. There are many conspiracy theories regarding the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The agreement was criticized in India because it did not contain a no-war pact or any renunciation of guerrilla warfare in Kashmir.

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