--- title: "What is the \"Tashkand Agreement\" in Indian History ?" description: "What is the \"Tashkand Agreement\" in Indian History ?" author: "Sanat Shukla" published: 2019-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51824/what-is-the-tashkand-agreement-in-indian-history category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["indian history"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the "Tashkand Agreement" in Indian History ? The Tashkent Declaration was a peace [agreement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40060/in-which-day-good-friday-agreement-was-signed) between India and Pakistan signed on 10 January 1966 that resolved... ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **“Tashkent Agreement” was signed between India and [Pakistan](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/319/why-these-pakistan-loving-people-are-in-india) in the year 1966, after 17 days of blood-shedding war between the two**. ![What is the "Tashkand Agreement" in Indian History ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/61f0b03f-3d7a-4a81-8792-26648e2cc9df/images/5a3a5eae-61f7-48e9-89e3-10adfc779b3c.jpeg)\ It was an **agreement came in front of [India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/10389/administrative-officers-study-hard-yet-end-up-corrupt) and Pakistan to stop the war and came to a mutual decisio**n. To stop this blood-shedding on September 22, 1965, a **ceasefire has been secured by the [United Nations](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30960/the-united-nations-appointed-knut-ostby-as-interim-resident-coordinator-of-which-country) Security Council**. The United Nation intervened when it became clear that the continued war had the possibility of endangering the lives of the larger [population](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/353/population-explosion-in-india) of both countries. After the continuous war of 17 days, no country seems to resume hostilities owing to the vulnerability of their people. Then the United Nation Security Council had to intervene into it. Under Tashkent Agreement **on January 10, 1966, the [Prime Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40275/who-did-not-hold-any-other-cabinet-post-prior-to-becoming-the-prime-minister) of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and the [President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49777/who-is-the-dalit-president-of-india) of Pakistan Ayub Khan** were invited to Tashkent, the Southern Soviet Uzbek Republic i.e. at the neutral venue. Then the subsequent **agreement was signed by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan on January 10, 1966**. The Agreement made both parties agree with withdrawing all their [Armed Forces](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/338/hidden-enemy-of-indian-army) to the position they were on August 5, 1965. This agreement helped to restore the diplomatic relations, and to discuss the [economy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43158/how-did-the-mass-production-of-cars-affect-the-american-economy), refugee settlement, and other issues between both the countries. The whole procedure of withdrawing forces between India and Pakistan was closely monitored by the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan and the United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission. After the successful signing of the Agreement, **on the very next day mid-night of January 10, 1966, the Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri died due to a heart attack**. Meanwhile, after such a great loss to India, Shastri was succeeded by the new and first women Prime Minister of India i.e. [Indira Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48504/who-is-the-writer-of-the-dramatic-decade-the-indira-gandhi-years). Though **it is widely believed that Shastri was murdered under mysterious conditions, it was not a natural death as no autopsy has been performed and represented it as a natural death in front of the whole world.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51824/what-is-the-tashkand-agreement-in-indian-history Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.