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Date- 25 December 2015 Place- Kabul, Afghanistan PM Narendra Modi was in Kabul. He inaugurated the new Parliament building built at a cost of Rs 900 crore with the help of India. During this, Modi also gave a speech, in which he took a dig at Pakistan without taking its name.
Shortly after, around 1.30 pm, Modi tweeted – 'I am going to meet Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore.' This tweet spread sensation all over the world including India and Pakistan. People could not believe that Modi was going to Pakistan so suddenly.
About 3 and a half hours after tweeting, Modi was at Lahore Airport. He came out of the plane waving and greeting. Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, who was present there, hugged Modi and said laughingly – 'Finally you have come.'
The then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had visited Pakistan on 10 December 2015, 15 days before PM Modi's visit to Pakistan.
PM Modi had attended the wedding of the granddaughter of the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif.
Almost 9 years after this incident, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has visited Pakistan. This is the first time in so many years that a top leader from India visited Pakistan. There has been a long history of such ups and downs in the relations between India and Pakistan…
Journey of relations between the two countries in 9 pictures
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Jawaharlal Nehru shaking hands with Pakistani PM Mohammad Ali Bogra.
In the year 1953, India and Pakistan for the first time forgot all the disputes and initiated friendship. During this time, the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru visited Pakistan for the first time in July 1953. Here he was welcomed by the third Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Bogra.
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Nehru himself had arrived at Palam Airport to welcome Pakistani PM Bogra and his wife.
Pakistani PM Mohammad Ali Bogra also came to India for the first time in May 1955. During this time, his second wife Alia Begum also came to India. Alia Begum was in the news during that time. Actually, Bogra was ambassador to America before becoming Prime Minister. There, Alia Begum from Lebanon worked as a stenographer in his office.
When Bogra became the PM of Pakistan in 1953, he called Alia and appointed her as his secretary. After some time both of them got married. Bogra was already married and had two sons.
In such a situation, there was an uproar regarding this marriage. There was a fear among the wives of politicians and officials in Pakistan that the practice of polygamy might start in politics. So they decided to boycott Alia Begum. Alia Begum was not invited to any program in Pakistan. Wherever she went, no other officer's wife went there.
Meanwhile, Alia Begum came to India with her husband Bogra. Even after coming here, the boycott of Alia continued. No woman welcomed him. Even Indira Gandhi, who used to accompany father Nehru at major functions, was not there on this occasion. However, the reason for his absence was never known.
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Jawaharlal Nehru with Pakistan PM Ayub Khan in the picture.
Jawaharlal Nehru visited Pakistan for the second time in 1960. He had gone to sign the Indus River Water Agreement with Pakistan. During this period Nehru visited many cities including Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore. Thousands of people used to come from far and wide to see him.
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From left- Indira Gandhi, Pakistani PM Zulfikar Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and Foreign Minister Swaran Singh.
After the 1971 war, a historic agreement was signed between India and Pakistan on 3 July 1972 in Shimla. It was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on behalf of India and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on behalf of Pakistan. In this it was decided that every dispute between the two countries would be resolved peacefully.
It was also agreed between the two countries to maintain the old status quo regarding Jammu and Kashmir. However, as soon as PM Bhutto returned after making the agreement in Shimla, the first statement he made in Pakistan was that we have not made any compromise in our policy regarding Kashmir.
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The then Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi with Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto.
Rajiv Gandhi visited Pakistan in January 1988. This visit of Rajiv Gandhi was also special because after 28 years of Jawaharlal Nehru's visit, an Indian Prime Minister had set foot on the soil of Pakistan.
Then only 4 weeks had passed since Benazir became PM. Rajiv Gandhi participated in the SAARC conference in Pakistan. Rajiv and Benazir had a separate meeting on the Kashmir issue. In the meeting, Rajiv had described Kashmir as irrelevant.
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From left to right- Sonia Gandhi, Asif Ali Zardari, Rajiv Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto.
Benazir had invited PM Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia as guests after the meeting of SAARC countries in Islamabad. Both countries then also agreed to reduce military levels. Rajiv Gandhi had expressed happiness over former Prime Minister Morarji Desai being given Pakistan's highest honor Nishan-e-Pakistan.
Benazir had claimed that she had stopped providing support to Sikh separatists in India, who were promoted by General Zia ul Haq. The Maulanas of Pakistan did not like the relations that flourished between the two countries during the era of Rajiv and Benazir. He accused Benazir of having an affair with Rajiv Gandhi. It was also said that she is a secret agent of India.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the bus and actor Shatrughan Sinha on the back seat.
In the year 1998, both India and Pakistan had conducted nuclear tests. The nuclear explosions of both the countries were being discussed all over the world. In September this year, the PMs of India and Pakistan reached New York to attend the United Nations meeting. Both of them met here and the idea of starting a bus service between India and Pakistan was formed.
The introduction of bus travel was announced in February 1999. PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was going to Amritsar to flag off the bus journey. Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif got this information. Then he called the Indian PM and requested him to come to Pakistan.
Atal agreed. Atal ji reached Pakistan by bus along with celebrities like actor Dev Anand, Shatrughan Sinha, journalist Kuldeep Nayyar. During this visit, Atal ji's prompt reply to a strange question of a female journalist from Pakistan surprised everyone.
In fact, while proposing marriage to Atal ji, the female journalist said that if he (Atal) shows me Kashmir then I am ready to marry him. Responding to this, Atal ji said that the whole of Pakistan is needed in dowry.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee with General Pervez Musharraf. In the middle is the then President of India, KR Narayanan.
In the year 1999, Kargil war took place between the armies of India and Pakistan. The architect of this war was Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf. After Pakistan's defeat, he seized power in a coup. Musharraf was on a tour of India after two years in July 2001.
The historical city of Agra was chosen for India-Pakistan talks. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was leading it from the Indian side. This conversation became a topic of discussion in the global media at that time. According to media reports, India had demanded handing over terrorist Dawood Ibrahim to India. At the same time, Musharraf had raised the Kashmir issue. Due to these two reasons this negotiation failed.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Nawaz Sharif at Lahore Airport.
In 2015, Narendra Modi was the fourth Prime Minister to visit Pakistan. Narendra Modi had reached Pakistan without any prior planning. PM Modi had told a TV channel in an interview that during his visit to Afghanistan, on December 25, he had called Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to wish him on his birthday.
During the conversation, Sharif invited Modi to visit Pakistan and said that he should also be given the opportunity of hospitality. Then Sharif was in Lahore for his granddaughter's wedding. Called him to Lahore itself. Modi also agreed. Suddenly arrangements were made for PM Modi to go to Lahore.
Sharif himself came to welcome Modi at Lahore airport. Modi stayed at Nawaz's house for about 90 minutes. During this, he was served Kashmiri tea, pulses, greens and food prepared in desi ghee. After this, Sharif wore the same turban that Modi had gifted to his granddaughter Walima. Modi's visit was praised by the whole world. Pakistani media had called it a diplomatic masterstroke of Modi.
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