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Mukherjee signed the bilateral instruments of the 123 Agreement in
Washington on 10 October paving the way for operationalisation of the deal
between the two countries.

Chronology of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal

18 July 2005: President Bush and Prime Minister Singh first announce

their intention to enter into a nuclear agreement in Washington.

1 March 2006: Bush visits India for the first time.

3 March 2006: Bush and Singh issue a joint statement on their growing

strategic partnership, emphasising their agreement on civil nuclear
cooperation.

26 July 2006: The US House of Representatives passes the ‘Henry J
Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of

2006’, which stipulates that Washington will cooperate with New Delhi

on nuclear issues and exempt it from signing the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty.

28 July 2006: In India, the Left parties demand a threadbare discussion

on the issue in Parliament.

16 November 2006: The US Senate passes the ‘United States-India

Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation and US Additional Protocol
Implementation Act’ to “exempt from certain requirements of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 United States exports of nuclear materials,

equipment, and technology to India”.
18 December 2006: President Bush signs into law congressional

legislation on Indian atomic energy.

27 July 2007: Negotiations on a bilateral agreement between the United

States and India conclude.

3 August 2007: The text of the ‘Agreement for Cooperation between the