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i wonder what Pakistan used as a bargaining chip in Taskkent and forced India to return the alleged 2000sq km territory? like i said, either we had something huge or your government was too dumb.
Indian leaders can be a lot of things, but they are not stupid and can think long term.
If India kept that land, then years after, India would be painted as the aggressor in spite of the fact that it's Pakistan that attacked first. That does not go well with the image that was being built for the country. Same case in 1971. That was one big opportunity for re-unification of Bengal. The language spoken on both sides of the border is same. Still it was decided not to annex the territories.