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1971
 
   
US and South Vietnamese troops cross the border to invade Laos      
1971
 
   
Indian sitar-player Ravi Shankar composes the first of his two concertos for sitar and orchestra      
1971
 
    
Awami League leader Mujibur Rahman declares unilaterally that Bangladesh (East Pakistan) is an independent state       
1971
 
    
The arrest of Mujibur Rahman, together with brutal attempts at repression, turn resistance in East Pakistan into full-scale civil war       
1971
 
   
India intervenes in the Pakistan civil war on the side of East Pakistan, the future Bangladesh      
1971
 
   
Pakistan surrenders to India within a month of Indian intervention in the war to suppress East Pakistan      
1971
 
   
With the end of the war between Pakistan and India, East Pakistan becomes independent as Bangladesh      
1971
 
   
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto takes over as president of Pakistan, now consisting only of its western half      
1972
 
   
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns from prison in West Pakistan to become prime minister of the newly independent state of Bangladesh      
1973
 
   
The last US troops leave Vietnam, ending American involvement in a continuing war between the north and south of the country