The conflict between India and Pakistan began August 15, 1947, when Great Britain dismantled its Indian Empire and partitioned India into two independent nations.
The Asian sub-continent was split into mostly Hindu India and mostly Muslim
Pakistan. But the process left the fate of the Kashmir province undecided, fueling
a dispute between the two newly-divided regions.

The partitioning initially caused extensive rioting as Hindus and Muslims were caught on the wrong side of newly-drawn borders. In recent years, with the two countries becoming nuclear powers, the bitter rivalry has intensified into a full-blown arms race.

Click the links above for a chronological look at the history of the India-Pakistan dispute.