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BBC NEWS | India Pakistan | Timeline |
 | | India and Pakistan first went to war in October 1947 after Pakistan supported a Muslim insurgency in Kashmir. |
 | | The status of the territory remained in dispute because an agreed referendum to confirm the accession was never held. |
 | | In 1962-3, following the 1962 Sino-Indian war, India and Pakistan held talks under the auspices of Britain and the US in an attempt to resolve their differences over Kashmir, but without success. |
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