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Tashkent Declaration

1966 · 20th century · Part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

The Tashkent Declaration was the peace agreement signed on 10 January 1966 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri of India and President Ayub Khan of Pakistan at Tashkent, with Soviet mediation by Alexei Kosygin. It ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 by committing both sides to withdraw to their pre-war positions and restore normal relations. Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent the following night.

Tashkent Declaration
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tashkent Declaration. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tashkent-declaration
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