Key events in India-Pakistan relations: A timeline Updated: Aug 12, 2017, 08.30 PM ISTAugust 1947Britain ends its colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent, which becomes two independent nations - Hindu-majority, but secularly governed India and the Islamic republic of Pakistan. September 1960 India and Pakistan sign a World Bank-brokered Indus Water Treaty governing six rivers, or three rivers each. October 2001 Insurgents attack the legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38 people. February 2007A train service between India and Pakistan, the Samjhauta Express, is bombed in northern India, killing 68.Charred coaches of the Samjhauta Express. (AP file photo)October 2008 India and Pakistan open a trade route across Kashmir for the first time in six decades.

Source: Times of India August 12, 2017 07:18 UTC