Events and Documents of Indo-Pak Relations: Includes Chronology of all Important Events and Documents from 1947 to 1998/edited by Verinder Grover and Ranjana Arora

Events and Documents of Indo-Pak Relations: Includes Chronology of all Important Events and Documents from 1947 to 1998/edited by Verinder Grover and Ranjana Arora. 1999, x, 538 p., $63. ISBN 81-7629-059-9.

Contents: Preface. I. Chronology--1947-1998: Chronology of events--1947-1998. II. Documents--1947-1998: 1. Standstill agreement with India and Pakistan. 2. Hari Singh's letter to Mountbatten; offer of accession. 3. Acceptance of accession offer--Mountbatten's reply. 4. Instrument of accession. 5. Text of Sheikh Adbdullah's letter of September 26, 1947. 6. Government of Pakistan communique. 7. Communique: Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. 8. Pandit Nehru's speech on 2nd November 1947. 9. Pakistan Prime Minister's speech on 4th November 1947. 10. Pandit Nehru's speech on 25th November 1947. 11. Communication of the Indian Prime Minister to Pakistan Prime Minister on 12th December 1947. 12. Communication of Pakistan Prime Minister to Indian Prime Minister on 16th December 1947. 13. Letter of the Prime Minister of India to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 22nd December 1947. 14. Letter of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to the Prime Minister of India on 30th December 1947. 15. Indian complaint to the Security Council, 1st January 1948. 16. Resolution adopted at the 229th meeting of the Security Council, 17th January, 1948 (S/651). 17. Resolution of the Security Council, 20th January 1948. 18. Speech: Sheikh Abdullah, Prime Minister, Jammu and Kashmir (extract) on 5 February 1948. 19. Proclamation: Maharaja, Jammu and Kashmir, 5th March 1948. 20. Resolution of the Security Council of 21st April 1948. 21. Resolution of the Security Council of 3rd June 1948. 22. U.N.C.I.P. Resolution of August 13, 1948 (S/1100, Para 75). 23. Letter from the Prime Minister of India to the Chairman in reply to Commission's resolution of August 13, 1948 on 20th August 1948 (S/1100, para 78). 24. Reply from the Chairman of the Commission to the letter from the Prime Minister of India, dated August 20, 1948 on 25th August 1948. 25. Letter dated 20th August, 1948, from the Prime Minister of India to the Chairman of the U.N.C.I.P. Concerning Northern Territories (S/1100, para 80).

26. Letter dated 25th August, 1948, from the Chairman of the U.N.C.I.P. to the Prime Minister of India, Concerning Northern Territories (S/1100, para 81). 27. Indian Government communique dated 1st January 1949. 28. U.N.C.I.P. resolution of January 5, 1949 (S/1430, para 143). 29. Agreement between Military representatives of India and Pakistan regarding the establishment of a cease-fire line in the state of Jammu and Kashmir dated 29 July, 1949 (Annex 26 of U.N.C.I.P. third report--S/1430 and add 1 to 3). 30. Proclamation of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir dated 25th November 1949. 31. The McNaughton proposal, 1949-50. 32. Nehru-Liaquat correspondence on 'No War Pact' 1950. 33. Pakistan's War propaganda against India. 34. Statement of the permanent representative of India, Sir Benegal Rau, in the Security Council. 1st March 1951. 35. Statement of the respresentative of Pakistan, Sir Mohammad Zafrulla Khan in the Security Council, 6th March 1951. 36. Resolution adopted by the Security Council, 30th March 1951 (S/2017/Rev. 1). 37. Letter dated New Delhi, September 7, 1951, from the United Nations representative, Addressed to the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, regarding proposals for an agreement. 38. Resoultion of the Security Council, 10th November 1951. 39. Resolution of the Security Council, 23rd December 1952. 40. Proposals dated 14 February 1953 of the United Nations representative for India and Pakistan based upon the twelve proposals. 41. Mookerjee-Nehru-Abdullah correspondence (9th January 1953 to 23 February 1953. 42. Text of joint communique issued by Pakistan and Indian delegations at the conclusion of the minorities conference. 43. Text of the 5-power resolution on Kashmir passed by the Security Council on 24 January 1957. 44. Text of the 3-power resolution on Kashmir passed by the Security Council on 21 February 1957. 45. Text of the jarring report. 46. Indo-Pakistan joint communique on East Pakistan border. 47. Indo-Pakistan joint communique on border disputes. 48. Text of the Indus waters treaty 1960. 49. India-Pakistan joint communique. 50. Indo-Pakistan talks on Kashmir: joint communique. 51. Kashmir and the United Nations, 1962. 52. Indo-Pakistan talks on Kashmir: joint communiques. 53. Indo-Pakistan Home Minister's Conference, New Delhi, April 7-11, 1964. 54. India-Pakistan dispute on the Rann of Kutch. 55. Excerpts from the Award of the Indo-Pakistan Western Boundary (Rann of Kutch) case tribunal (constituted pursuant to the agreement of 30 June 1965). 56. The Indo-Pakistani western boundary. 57. Note from the Indian Government to the Pakistan Government. 58. Note from the Pakistan Government to the Indian Government. 59. Note from the Indian Government to the Pakistan Government. 60. Note from the Pakistan Government to the Indian Government. 61. Tashkent declaration. 62. Agreement on withdrawal of troops from occupied areas. 63. Record of discussion between the Chief of Army Staff, India and the Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army, regarding the reduction of Military Forces in Kashmir. 64. Joint communique. 65. Statement of the Indian Foreign Minister in the Lok Sabha. 66. Letter from the Indian Foreign Minister to the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. 67. Letter from the Pakistan Foreign Minister to the Foreign Minister of India. 68. Letter from the Indian Foreign Minister to the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. 69. Shimla agreement, 3rd July, 1972. 70. Indo-Pak statements on the line of control. 71. Indo-Pak agreement. 72. Agreement on the Salal Hydro-Electric Plant, signed in New Delhi, between the Governments of Pakistan and India. 73. Press statement issued by the CMLA's adviser on foreign affairs, Mr. Agha Shahi, after signing the Salal Dam agreement in New Delhi. 74. The Indo-Pakistan Joint Commission accord. 75. Text of an agreement initialled by Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries in Islamabad. 76. Text of the agreement between Pakistan and India on advance notice on Military exercises, manoeuvers and troop movements, New Delhi, 6 April 1991. 77. Text of the agreement between Pakistan and India on prevention of air space violations and for permitting over flights and landings by Military Aircraft, New Delhi, 6 April 1991. Index.

"This book contains events, select documents and chronology of Indo-Pak Relations for the period 1947-1998. Care has been taken to include as many important documents as possible. The chronology has been framed with a view to have a bird's eye view of the relations between the two neighbours over the last 51 years." (jacket)

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