India-Pakistan conflict timeline ---------------------- 1947-49: Newly independent India and Pakistan go to war after Islamabad-backed tribal fighters invade Kashmir. Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir accedes state to India in exchange for military help ---------------------- Aug-Sep 1965: Second brief Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir ---------------------- Dec 1971: India and Pakistan fight 13-day war, triggered by Islamabad’s crackdown against Bengali independence in then East Pakistan (Bangladesh). India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (left) supports Bengalis and orders naval attacks on Karachi. Pakistani forces surrender on Dec 16 ---------------------- 1972, Simla Agreement: India’s Ghandi and Pakistan’s President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (above) agree to Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir ---------------------- 1984-2003, Siachen conflict: Series of battles between Indian and Pakistan forces over disputed Siachen Glacier. Ceasefire signed in 2003 ---------------------- 1999, Kargil conflict: Pakistan- backed militants cross LoC, seizing Indian military posts in Kargil mountains. Indian troops push intruders back in 10-week conflict ---------------------- Line of Control Ceded by Pakistan to China, claimed by India Siachen Glacier Held by China, claimed by India PAKISTAN- ADMINISTERED KASHMIR INDIAN- ADMINISTERED KASHMIR Balakot Srinagar Islamabad PAK. INDIA CHINA 200km 120 miles ---------------------- May 2002: One million troops deployed along border after separatist attack on army base in Indian Kashmir kills 34 ---------------------- Sep 2016: India launches air strikes on targets in Pakistani Kashmir after militant attack on Indian army base leaves 19 soldiers dead --------------------- Feb 14, 2019: Suicide bomber kills more than 40 troops in Indian Kashmir. New Delhi vows retaliation, blaming Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) --------------------- Feb 26: Indian warplanes cross LoC to bomb suspected JeM training camp at Balakot --------------------- Feb 27: Pakistan claims to have shot down two Indian jets. India says it shot down one Pakistani jet ----------------------- Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS