The Tashkent Declaration of January 10, 1966 was a peace agreement between India and Pakistan. In September of 1965 before the two had engaged in the short run Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace had been achieved on September 23 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. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Combatants India Pakistan Commanders Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh Field Marshal Ayub Khan Casualties 3,000 killed 3,800 killed The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War, was the culmination of a series of skirmishes that occurred between April 1965 and September 1965 between India... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...
The conference was viewed as a great success and the two 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
The nations would not interfere in each others internal affairs
Economic and diplomatic relations would be restored
The two leaders would work towards building good relations between the two countries.
Quickly after the signing of the agreement things began to deteriorate. The day after the declaration Indian Prime Minister Shastri died of a sudden heart attack. In Pakistan many civilians felt that they had won the war and were disappointed at the return to the status quo ante bellum. The agreement was criticized in India because it did not contain a no-war pact or any renunciation of guerrilla warfare in Kashmir. The two countries would again be at war in only a few years time. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... The term status quo ante bellum comes from Latin meaning literally, as things were before the war. ... Look up guerrilla in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Although modest Western-style clothing is appropriate in Tashkent, women should be prepared to dress conservatively in areas outside the capital.
Although roads in Tashkent are relatively well-maintained, many roads outside Tashkent, and particularly those in the Tien Shan and Fan Mountains, are in poor condition and may be passable only by four-wheel drive vehicles.
Driving at night can be quite dangerous, as only the main roads in Tashkent are lit, and rural roads and highways generally are not illuminated.
Heads of diplomatic missions, representatives of embassies, a number of international organizations and funds accredited in Tashkent, deputies of Oliy Majlis, heads of large religious confessions in Uzbekistan, representatives of expert and academic communities of the republic, of local and foreign mass media took part at the roundtable discussion.
The unique rarities preserved in Tashkent, in particular the holy Quran of Osman as well as the collection of manuscripts at the Abu Raikhon Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies are included in the international register of the UNESCO Peace Memory program.
Declaration of Tashkent as a world capital of the Islamic culture in 2007 is a significant event not only for Tashkent, but also the whole Uzbekistan.
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