Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts | |||||||
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Part of the Kashmir dispute and the Cold War | |||||||
Location of India (orange) and Pakistan (green) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
India | Pakistan |
Since the Partition of British India in 1947 and subsequent creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan, the two countries have been involved in a number of wars, conflicts, and military standoffs. A long-running dispute over Kashmir and cross-border terrorism have been the predominant cause of conflict between the two states, with the exception of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which occurred as a direct result of hostilities stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).