Enemies at Rest: The Simla Agreement

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The Simla Agreement signed between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 2nd July, 1972 set forth a d?tente in Pakistan’s relation with India. Pakistan’s foreign policy, which had been marked by a spirit rivalry & antagonism towards India had been recasted and red-one to involve a qualitatively new level of relationship based on equity and justice. It is significant that the Simla Agreement was not the result of any pressure from the Big Powers. Nor was it an accord hammered out under their auspices. The two leaders had met of their own volition and worked out a post-war 1971 Settlement. They forged their decision to respect each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and to settle their differences by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations or by any other peaceful means mutually agreed upon between them. The Simla Agreement furnished the ground rules, as it were, for the conduct of Indo-Pak relations towards each other. The aim of the study is to assess the role of the Agreement in the establishment of durable peace on the sub-continent and trace the reasons thereof. The process initiated at Simla in 1972 reached its consummation four years later in 1976. The period 1972-1976 therefore is significant in Pakistan’s relations with India. The study is both historical and analytical. IT is made on the basis of facts and evidences traced by the author without prejudice.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kiran Vohra

Dr. Kiran Vohra is a Senior Reader in the Department of Political Science, PGDAV College (Day) of Delh University. A topper from Hindu College (DU) at post-graduate level, she has been the first lady lecturer in her college. She was awarded the Ph.D. degree fro her research work on Pakistan’s Foreign Policy towards India. Moreover, she has been the recipient of grants for the same work from the Universities Grants Commission, New Delhi 1985. With a teaching experience of over twenty-six years to her credit, she is presently teaching Comparative government & Politics and Political theory. However, her interest lies in the discipline as a whole. To add, she has been associated with numerous Radio Programmes, especially with lectures for Political Science graduates.

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Title
Enemies at Rest: The Simla Agreement
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8187644729
Length
xx+446p., Maps; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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