What was up with india and pakistan during the cold war?

Question

i heard something like india went to war with china, and then russia had india's back and america had pakistan's back or SOMETHING i don't know...what went down?

Answer 1

India and Pakistan, although no longer under British rule, were both allies of the West during the Cold War.

The 2 nations have had many small wars with each other since independence, much over the strategic region of Kashmir.  Things have been relatively calm since Afghanistan snatched the lime-light and the USA 'persuaded' Pakistan to be a loyal ally in our war against terror.

Decades ago Canada provided them both with CANDU nuclear reactors which they both used to create nuclear weapons. During most of the Cold War the greatest threat of a nuclear war was   between these two countries.