Pakistani History Timeline

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• 1800-07-10 The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent
• 1882-10-14 University of the Punjab is founded in present day Pakistan.

• 1893-11-12 The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
• 1906-12-30 The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, later laid down the foundations of Pakistan
• 1933-01-28 The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent who use it to push for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia
• 1935-05-31 7.7 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in Balochistan, British India (now Pakistan) killing an estimated 40,000 people
• 1946-08-16 Direct Action Day: Widespread riots erupt in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus over whether Pakistan should be a separate state, killing over 4,000 and leaving 100,000 homeless

• 1947-07-10 Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee
• 1947-08-08 Pakistan's National Flag is approved.
• 1947-08-14 Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain
• 1947-08-17 The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed
• 1948-01-01 After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.
• 1948-01-29 Pakistan Socialist Party is founded
• 1948-09-12 Indian Army Invades the State of Hyderabad a day after Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah passes away
• 1951-10-16 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated by Said Akbar in Rawalpindi
• 1952-10-16 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi
• 1952-10-18 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
• 1953-11-02 Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic
• 1954-10-23 Pakistan Governor-General Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament
• 1955-09-23 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad
• 1955-11-09 NZ all out for 70 v Pakistan at Dacca
• 1956-02-29 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan
• 1956-03-23 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)
• 1956-05-12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves
• 1956-10-11 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
• 1956-10-17 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
• 1956-10-22 A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
• 1957-09-29 Passenger train & oil train crash in Gambar, West Pakistan, killing 300
• 1957-10-17 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan
• 1957-12-16 Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1958-07-05 First ascent of Gasherbrum I (Pakistani–Chinese border), 11th highest peak on earth
• 1958-09-08 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan
• 1958-10-27 General Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as President of Pakistan
• 1959-05-30 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom)
• 1959-12-16 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
• 1960-02-14 Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
• 1960-06-11 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
• 1960-08-01 Islamabad declared as the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• 1960-10-11 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
• 1965-01-02 Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
• 1965-04-07 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ v Pakistan
• 1965-04-08 India & Pakistan forces engage in a border fight
• 1965-05-20 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
• 1965-05-25 Fighting along the Indian and Pakistan border
• 1965-07-21 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
• 1965-08-06 Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control into Kashmir
• 1965-09-01 Indo-Pakistani conflict - Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,)
• 1965-09-06 India invades West Pakistan, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War
• 1965-09-22 India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
• 1965-12-06 Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
• 1966-01-10 India & Pakistan sign Tashkent Declaration peace accord
• 1966-02-02 Pakistan suggests six-point agenda, with Kashmir dispute as number one item, for proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 war
• 1967-11-30 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War
• 1968-02-04 Around 100 Indians and Pakistanis from Kenya arrive in Britain, escaping discrimination
• 1969-03-25 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president
• 1969-04-14 Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan killing 540
• 1970-11-12 Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded

• 1971-11-21 Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini, Bengali guerrillas, defeat the army of Pakistan
• 1971-12-03 India invades West Pakistan claiming hundreds of lives and starting the full scale Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• 1971-12-04 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi
• 1971-12-04 The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan
• 1971-12-14 The Pakistan Army executes an estimated 1,111 of East Pakistan's intellectuals during the Bangladesh Liberation War
• 1971-12-16 Vijay Diwas (Victory Day): East Pakistan's independence (as Bangladesh) from Pakistan is recognized internationally after India's army occupies Dacca, and 93,000 West Pakistani troops surrender
• 1971-12-17 Cease fire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir
• 1971-12-20 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
• 1972-01-05 President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman freed by the newly elected President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
• 1972-01-10 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan
• 1972-01-30 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations
• 1972-07-02 India and Pakistan sign Simla Agreement peace accord
• 1972-12-17 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan
• 1973-01-07 Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again
• 1973-02-11 1st one-day international for Pakistan & NZ
• 1973-04-10 Pakistan suspends constitution
• 1973-08-28 India & Pakistan sign POW accord
• 1974-02-24 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
• 1974-12-28 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
• 1975-12-28 Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die
• 1977-03-07 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections
• 1977-07-05 Pakistani army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
• 1977-10-02 Pakistani general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition
• 1978-01-18 Geoff Boycott captains England for the 1st time, v Pakistan at Karachi
• 1978-03-18 Former Pakistani premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
• 1979-03-29 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA
• 1979-04-04 Ex-President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• 1979-11-21 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
• 1979-12-12 President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam

• 1980-12-31 After being struck by an orange thrown from the crowd West Indian fast bowler Sylvester Clarke knocks out a spectator with a brick during 4th Test against Pakistan in Multan
• 1981-03-02 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
• 1981-11-14 Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
• 1981-12-10 The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.
• 1982-09-20 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia
• 1982-11-12 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
• 1985-10-28 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka v Pakistan
• 1985-12-30 Pakistan restores constitution

• 1986-08-14 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested
• 1986-09-05 Hijacking of aircraft Pan Am 73 at Karachi airport, Pakistan, 20 passengers killed
• 1986-11-09 Pakistan all out for 77 v West Indies at Lahore
• 1987-08-08 Pakistan all out 708 v England at The Oval, Botham 3-217
• 1988-04-14 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
• 1988-05-29 Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq dismisses government and disbands parliament

• 1988-08-17 Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
• 1988-10-02 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections
• 1988-11-03 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
• 1988-11-16 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
• 1988-12-01 Benazir Bhutto named Prime Minister of Pakistan, the 1st female leader of a Muslim country
• 1989-02-12 5 Pakistani Muslim rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
• 1989-10-20 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India & WI on round-robin
• 1990-01-04 307 dead and 700 injured after overloaded passenger train collides with empty freight train in Pakistan
• 1990-05-04 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
• 1990-08-06 President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
• 1990-10-31 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of NZ, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts
• 1991-02-01 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
• 1991-12-25 Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
• 1992-08-20 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record
• 1992-09-16 900 die in flood in Pakistan
• 1992-09-28 Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
• 1993-02-25 Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low
• 1993-06-05 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
• 1993-11-13 Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
• 1994-02-20 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
• 1994-10-02 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test
• 1995-09-29 Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan v Sri Lanka
• 1996-04-19 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
• 1996-08-20 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's
• 1996-09-16 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
• 1996-12-21 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
• 1997-01-16 Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus v Pakistan, MCG
• 1997-01-20 Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series
• 1997-02-28 Earthquake in Pakistan kills 45
• 1998-04-06 Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
• 1998-05-28 Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
• 1998-08-28 Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.

• 1999-07-26 Fighting ceases between India and Pakistan in the Kargil War, Kashmir, after two months of fighting

• 2000-02-07 Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan
• 2002-01-23 Reporter Daniel Pearl kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, and subsequently murdered.
• 2002-03-21 In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
• 2002-04-30 A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years
• 2002-07-15 Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
• 2003-06-05 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region
• 2003-11-26 India accepts Pakistan's offer of a ceasefire in Kashmir
• 2003-12-14 President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt
• 2004-01-01 In a vote of confidence, Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College and is "deemed to be elected" as President according to Pakistan Constitution (Article 41(8))
• 2004-07-02 ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.
• 2006-07-10 Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board
• 2007-05-12 Riots in Karachi, Pakistan are started by the arrival at Karachi's airport of independently minded Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and go on to kill 48 people

• 2007-09-18 Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
• 2007-10-18 After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing over 100, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escapes uninjured.
• 2007-11-03 Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule across Pakistan, suspends the Constitution, imposes a State of Emergency and fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court
• 2007-12-27 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi
• 2008-06-10 The Gora Prai airstrike by the United States reportedly kills 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops.
• 2008-08-18 President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigns due to pressure from opposition
• 2008-11-26 Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India: Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai, India.
• 2009-12-28 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
• 2011-05-02 Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
• 2011-11-26 NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpoint in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others
• 2012-04-07 130 Pakistani Army soldiers are buried in an avalanche near the Siachen Glacier
• 2012-04-15 400 Islamist Militants escape from a Pakistan prison after an insurgent attack
• 2012-04-20 Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, kills 127 people
• 2012-05-10 The Red Cross suspends all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and killed
• 2012-06-04 US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi
• 2012-06-04 Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan
• 2012-06-08 A bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people
• 2012-07-06 Gunmen kill 18 people in Turbat, Pakistan
• 2012-07-18 14 people are killed after a bomb explosion at Pakistan's Orakzai Agency
• 2012-08-02 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan
• 2012-08-24 Monsoon rains and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan
• 2012-09-01 US drone strike kills 5 people in North Waristan, Pakistan
• 2012-09-03 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
• 2012-09-04 25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan
• 2012-09-12 314 people are killed in factory fire in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan

• 2012-10-13 15 people are killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan
• 2012-11-01 Acid is poured over a 15-year-old girl by her parents after being seen talking to a young man in an "honour killing" in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
• 2012-11-22 6 attacks across Pakistan kill 37 people and injure 92
• 2012-12-17 17 people are killed and 70 are injured by a blast in a market in the Khyber Agency, Pakistan

• 2012-12-22 8 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Peshawar, Pakistan
• 2012-12-29 21 security personnel are killed by Pakistani Taliban near Peshawar
• 2012-12-30 19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan
• 2013-01-06 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
• 2013-01-10 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
• 2013-02-01 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan
• 2013-02-02 23 people are killed and 8 are injured after militants attacked an army base in the Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan
• 2013-02-08 16 people are killed and 27 are wounded by a market bombing in Kalaya, Pakistan
• 2013-02-16 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan
• 2013-03-03 45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan
• 2013-03-16 24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed in Rawalpindi after their bus falls down a ravine
• 2013-03-21 12 people are killed and 30 are injured by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
• 2013-03-24 17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan
• 2013-03-29 10 people are killed and 31 are injured by a blast outside the US consulate in Pakistan
• 2013-04-02 7 people are killed in an attack on a power plant in Peshawar, Pakistan

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