This is how the divorce was completed between the Congress and the Left parties over the nuclear deal with the USA.
2005
July 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the US President George W Bush agree on a landmark civilian nuclear deal in Washington.
2006
March 2: India and the US sign the nuclear agreement as Bush visits New Delhi.
July 28 : The Left parties demand threadbare discussion on the issue in Parliament.
November 16 : US Congress passes the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Dec 18: Bush signs a historic law allowing civilian nuclear trade with India.
2007
August 3 : India, US unveil the 1 2 3 Agreement.
August 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes a suo motu statement on the deal in the Parliament.
August 17: CPM general secretary Prakash Karat says that the 'honeymoon (with government) may be over but the marriage can go on'.
2008
September 4 : UPA-Left committee to discuss nuclear deal set up.
February 25 : Left parties say the UPA would have to choose between the deal and its government's stability.
March 3: Left parties warn of 'serious consequences' if the nuclear deal is operational.
March 6: Left parties set a deadline asking the government to make it clear by March 15 whether it intended to proceed with the nuclear deal or drop it.
March 7: CPI writes to the prime minister, warns of withdrawal of support if government goes ahead with the deal.
March 14 : CPM says the Left parties will not be responsible if the government falls over the nuclear deal.
April 23: Government says it will seek the sense of the House on the 123 Agreement before it is taken up for ratification by the American Congress.
June 17: Pranab Mukherjee meets Prakash Karat, asks the Left to allow the government to go ahead with IAEA safeguards agreement.
June 30: Prime Minister says his government prepare to face Parliament before operationalising the deal.
July 8: Left parties withdraw support to government. July 9: The draft India-specific safeguards accord with the IAEA circulated to IAEA'S Board of Governors for approval.
July 10: Prime Minister calls for a vote of confidence in Parliament.
July 14: The IAEA says it will meet on Aug 1 to consider the India-specific safeguards agreement.
July 18: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon briefs the IAEA Board of Governors and some NSG countries in Vienna on the safeguards agreement.
July 22: Government is willing to look at "possible amendments" to the Atomic Energy Act to ensure that the country's strategic autonomy will never be compromised, says the Prime Minister.
July 22: UPA government wins trust vote in the Lok Sabha.
July 24: India dismisses warning by Pakistan that the deal will accelerate an atomic arms race in the sub-continent.
India launches full blast lobbying among the 45-nation NSG for an exemption for nuclear commerce.
July 25: IAEA secretariat briefs member states on India-specific safeguards agreement. Aug 1: IAEA Board of Governors adopts India-specific safeguards agreement unanimously.
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