1974
- Early-1974: Series of meetings take place between Mrs Gandhi herself, her emissaries and Sheikh Abdullah and Mirza Afzal Beg over terms on which peace can be made with the once-estranged Kashmiri leader. Abdullah and Indian External Affairs Minister Sardar Swarn Singh meet several times in June, while Beg holds series of meetings with former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan G. Parthasarathi.
- July 13: Day was observed as Martyrs' Day - commemorating those who died in police firing on unarmed Kashmiris in 1931. There are serious clashes in Srinagar between Mirwaiz Farooq's Awami Action Committee and Abdullah's supporters. The former believed that as in the past Abdullah has sold himself to India and bartered away Kashmir's future.
- November 13: Mirza Afzal Beg and G.Parthasarathi agree on all terms discussed during series of meetings.
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