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Sino-Indian relations refer to the relation between India and China. Sino means Chinese people. China is the largest trading partner of India and is also one of the neighbouring countries of India.

US President George W. Bush visited India and Pakistan in March 2006 on a five-day trip. During this period Dr. Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister of India. The main goal of the visit was to strengthen American relations with two Asian countries India and Pakistan.

On October 20, 1962, China's People's Liberation Army invaded India in Ladakh, and across the McMahon Line in the then North-East Frontier Agency.

The United States is India’s second largest trading partner of India first being China. The total trade worth 72,347.42 million US Dollars took place between these countries for the financial year 2014–15.

Rajiv Gandhi, late prime minister of India was assassinated, in Tamilnadu, on 21 May 1991. The attack was carried by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization from Sri Lanka. 

India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers between them. India has had differences with Bangladesh over sharing of water of Brahmaputra river,  Teesta river, Meghna river, Ganga river, Jamuna river etc. The reason for the conflict was to how to share the water resources effectively between both the countries.

The Bangladesh Liberation War also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan and the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. It resulted in the independence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971. It pursued the systematic elimination of nationalist Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia, religious minorities and armed personnel. The junta annulled the results of the 1970 elections and arrested Prime Minister-elect Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Srilanka is an Island country located in the Indian Ocean to the south of India.  Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest. Sri Lanka was known from the beginning of British colonial rule until 1972 as Ceylon which is now known as Srilanka. 

The India-Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace was a 25-year treaty that was signed on 19 March 1972. The treaty was also known as the Indira-Mujib Treaty. The signatories of the treaty were Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Simla Agreement was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan on 2nd July 1972. It was much more than a peace treaty seeking to reverse the consequences of the 1971 war i.e. to bring about withdrawals of troops.