The Tashkent Declaration of 10 January 1966 was a peace agreement between India

India

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 and Pakistan

Pakistan

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. In September 1965 before the two had engaged in the short run Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. This conflict became known as the Second Kashmir War fought by India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir, the first having been fought in 1947...

. 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

Tashkent

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 in the Uzbek SSR, USSR

Soviet Union

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 (now in Uzbekistan

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) 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

Prime Minister of India

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 Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri

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 and Pakistani President

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 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

• 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

Myocardial infarction

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. 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

Guerrilla warfare

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 in Kashmir.

See also

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
  Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
  The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. This conflict became known as the Second Kashmir War fought by India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir, the first having been fought in 1947...
  
  
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
  Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
  The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. Indian, Bangladeshi and international sources consider the beginning of the war to be Operation Chengiz Khan, Pakistan's December 3, 1971 pre-emptive strike on 11 Indian airbases...
  
  
• Shimla Agreement