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Shah Jahan moves the capital from Agra to Shahjahanabad (Delhi)
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First Indian war of Independence
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Indian National Congress is formed
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India holds the first general elections, won by the Congress Party
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Mother Theresa (Yugoslavia-born missionary nun Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) founds the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Dying in Calcutta, India
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The USA becomes the main provider of military goods and training for Pakistan
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The Indian government commits to a socialist society
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Pakistan signs a border treaty with China
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Nepal holds its first democratic elections that herald an age of political instability (eleven governments in eleven years
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The population of India is one billion
