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Pakistan Timeline

Important people, dates and events in Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah demands that a new country be formed from India
Gandhi was assassinated
East Pakistan becomes the independent state of Bangladesh
Islamic penal code introduced

Pakistan Timeline

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1940

 

Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan

1945

 

August: World War 2ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1946

 

The British government agreed to grant India independence

1946

 

16 August: Indian Muslims held nation-wide demonstrations calling for the establishment of Pakistan

1947

 

British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan
15 August 1947 India became independent

1947

 

30 January: Gandhi was assassinated

1948

 

Pakistan was born and Muhammad Ali Jinnah became Governor-General
Liaquat Ali Khan becomes Prime Minister
Pakistan and India immediately came into dispute over the territory of Kashmir and Afghanistan
From 1947 - 1971 the nation consisted of Muslim-majority West Pakistan and East Pakistan, separated from one another by Hindu-majority India
Jinnah dies; Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes governor-general

1951

 

Liaquat assassinated and Nazimuddin becomes Prime Minister

1956

 

Pakistan Constitution adopted
Mirza becomes president

1965

 

Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan

1971

 

East Pakistan became the independent state of Bangladesh

1971

 

Third war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan

1972

 

Bhutto and India's prime minister Indira Gandhi sign Simla agreement

1979

 

Islamic penal code introduced and Bhutto is hanged

1988

 

Benazir Bhutto sworn in as first woman prime minister of a Muslim nation

1990

 

Nawaz Sharif elected prime minister

1993

 

Benazir becomes prime minister

1996

 

President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto

1997

 

National elections held and Sharif comes to power again

1998

 

Pakistan tested its first nuclear device.

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