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The Simla Agreement, or Shimla Agreement, was signed between India and Pakistan on 2 July 1972 in Shimla, the capital city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[2] It followed from the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh, which was earlier known as East Pakistan and was part of the territory of Pakistan. India entered the war as an ally of Bangladesh which transformed the war into an Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The agreement was ratified by the Parliaments of both the nations in same year
The agreement paved the way for diplomatic recognition of Bangladesh by Pakistan. The agreement converted the cease-fire line of December 17, 1971 into the ‘Line of Control (LOC)’ between India and Pakistan and it was agreed that “neither side shall seek to alter it unilaterally, irrespective of mutual differences and legal interpretations”. It enabled India to end the tenure of the UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan), as it was charged with maintaining peace along the ‘ceasefire line’ established by the Karachi Agreement (1949), which no longer is valid.