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    This document provides a timeline of key political and cultural events in Pakistan from 1600 to 1999 in 3 sections: Section I outlines the cultural and political background to the Pakistan movement from 1600-1900 under British rule. Section II details the emergence of Pakistan from 1905-1947, including the formation of the All India Muslim League and calls for separate statehood. Section III chronicles Pakistan's political rule and key events after independence from 1947-1999, including periods of martial law, conflicts with India, and power shifting between civilian and military leaders.

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    This document provides a timeline of key political and cultural events in Pakistan from 1600 to 1999 in 3 sections: Section I outlines the cultural and political background to the Pakistan movement from 1600-1900 under British rule. Section II details the emergence of Pakistan from 1905-1947, including the formation of the All India Muslim League and calls for separate statehood. Section III chronicles Pakistan's political rule and key events after independence from 1947-1999, including periods of martial law, conflicts with India, and power shifting between civilian and military leaders.

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    This document provides a timeline of key political and cultural events in Pakistan from 1600 to 1999 in 3 sections: Section I outlines the cultural and political background to the Pakistan movement from 1600-1900 under British rule. Section II details the emergence of Pakistan from 1905-1947, including the formation of the All India Muslim League and calls for separate statehood. Section III chronicles Pakistan's political rule and key events after independence from 1947-1999, including periods of martial law, conflicts with India, and power shifting between civilian and military leaders.

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    Timeline 1600-1900

    Section I: Cultural and Political Background to the Pakistan Movement


    1600: EIC established in East of Africa (private company)
    1608: British landed at Surat in India
    1612: Shah Jehan gave permission for trade
    1657: Aurangzeb as ruler
    1664: First base at Bombay and later in Madras
    1686: British started their own coins, Aurangzeb crushes British power
    1690: Another base at Calcutta
    1707: Aurangzeb died
    1756: EIC base in Calcutta besieged by Siraj-ud-Daulah
    1757: Battle of Plassey
    1761: Battle of Panipat
    1764: Battle of Buxar
    1782: 1st Marathan War
    1784: Pitt’s India Act
    1799: Anglo Mysore War by Tipu Sultan
    1803: British captured Delhi
    1818: 2nd Marathan War
    1843: Annexation of Sindh
    1846: Battle of Aliwali
    1849: Annexation of Punjab
    1852: Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
    1856: Oudh taken under British rule
    1857: War of Independence
    1850s: Aligarh Movement by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    1859: A school in Muradabad
    1860: The Loyal Mohammadans of India & Causes of the Indian Revolt
    1863: A Scientific Research Society opened
    1864: Ghazipur institute
    1866: Aligarh Gazette journal being issued
    1867: Hindi-Urdu Controversy/Two-Nation Theory
    1869: He went to Britain
    1875: M.A.O (Mohammadan Anglo Oriental) school in Aligarh
    1877: M.A.O college opened
    1885: Indian National Congress (INC) formed
    1886: Mohammadan Educational Conference (MEC)
    1893: Mohammadan Defence Alliance
    1898: Sir Syed died
    1900: Hindi declared as 2nd official language
    Timeline 1900-47
    Section II: The Emergence of Pakistan 1905-47
    1905: Partition of Bengal
    Swadeshi Movement
    1906: Simla Deputation/Formation of All India Muslim League (AIML)
    1908: Press Act Passed
    1909: Morley-Minto Reforms
    1911: Reveral of Partition of Bengal
    1912: Outbreak of the Balkan Wars
    1914: Outbreak First World War (1914-18)
    1916: Lucknow Pact
    1919: Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
    Rowlatt Act
    Amritsar Massacre
    Emergence of Khilafat Movement
    1920: Non-cooperation movement
    1922: Campaign called off
    1923: Hindu Mahasabha formed
    1927: The Delhi Proposals
    Simon Commission/Report
    1928: Nehru Report
    1929: Jinnah’s fourteen points
    Salt March
    1930: Allahabad Address
    First Round Table Conference Nov 1930
    1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    Second Round Table Conference Sept 1931
    1932: The Communal Award
    Third Round Table Conference Nov 1932
    1934: White Paper Bill
    1935: The Government of India Act
    1937: Elections
    1937-39: Congress rule/tyranny
    1939: Outbreak of Second World War (1939-45)
    Day of Deliverance
    1940: Lahore Resolution
    1942: Cripps Mission/Quit India Resolution
    1944: Gandhi – Jinnah talks
    1945: Simla Conference/Elections
    1946: Cabinet Mission Plan
    Direct Action Day
    1947: 3rd June Plan or Indian Independence Act
    Pakistan and India created
    Timeline 1947-99
    Section III: Nationhood 1947-99
    Political rule (1947-99):
     Jinnah/Quaid e Azam (1947-48) ----- Liaquat Ali Khan (P.M)
     Khwaja Nazimuddin (1948-51) ----- Liaquat Ali Khan (P.M)
     Ghulam Muhammad (1951-55) ----- Khwaja Nazimuddin (P.M)
    Muhammad Ali Bogra (P.M)
     Iskander Mirza (1955-58) ----- Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (P.M)
    Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (P.M)
    Hussain Shaheed Soharwardhy (P.M)
    Feroze Khan Noon (P.M)
    Ayub Khan (Chief Martial Law Administrator)
     Ayub Khan/CMLA (1958-69)
     Yahya Khan/CMLA (1969-71)
     Zulfikar Ali Bhutto/CMLA (1971-73)
     Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (1973-78) ----- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (P.M)
     Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq/CMLA (1978-88) ----- Muhammad Junejo Khan (P.M)
     Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1988-90) ----- Benazir Bhutto (P.M)
     Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1990-93) ----- Nawaz Sharif (P.M)
     Farooq Ahmed Leghari (1993-96) ----- Benazir Bhutto (P.M)
     Jahengir Karamat (1997-99) ----- Nawaz Sharif (P.M)

    1947: Pakistan becomes a member of UNO


    1948: Ceasefire in Kashmir
    India invades Hyderabad (Deccan)
    1949: Objectives Resolution passed
    Liaquat-Nehru Pact; PRODA introduced
    1950: Basic Principles Committee drafted constitution
    1951: Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated
    A Five Year Plan
    1952: Revised Report of Basic Principles Committee
    1953: Food and water shortages in Pakistan due to Korean War, U.S aid
    1954: Constitutional Crisis/Maulvi Tamizuddin’s case
    Membership in SEATO
    1955: General Elections
    The ‘One Unit’ Policy
    Membership in CENTO
    1956: New constitution formed (parliamentary form of govt.)
    1957-58: Political instability/change of P.Ms
    1958: Martial Law imposed
    1959: Basic Democracies
    1962: A new constitution (presidential form of govt.)
    Oil refinery set up in Pakistan
    1964: Regional Cooperation Development (RCD) with Iran and Turkey
    1965: War with India
    1967: Islamabad as new capital
    1969: Ayub Khan resigns
    1970: General Elections
    Sheik Mujib-ur-Rahman’s Six Points
    1971: Operation Searchlight
    Civil War in East Pakistan
    1972: Pakistan left SEATO, CENTO and Commonwealth
    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became Prime Minister
    1973: Constitution of 1973 (parliamentary form of govt.)
    1974: Lahore Summit organised by OIC
    India carried Nuclear tests; Nuclear race started
    1977: General Elections of 1977; rigging by PPP
    Operation Fairplay, military coup by Zia-ul-Haq
    1978: National Assembly and other assemblies dissolved
    Martial Law imposed by Zia-ul-Haq
    1979: Bhutto hanged; murder of Nawab Ahmed Kasuri
    Start of Afghan-Soviet War, Afghan Jihad (1979-88) in Afghanistan
    1980: Policy of Islamisation; Hudood Ordinances by Zia
    1983: Siachen Glacier issue
    1984: Referendum for Zia
    1985: General Elections of 1985; Muhammad Khan Junejo became Prime Minister
    Eighth Amendment in constitution
    1988: Ojhri Camp Incident
    Martial Law lifted
    Zia died in plane crash
    General Elections; Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister
    Vote of No confidence
    1989: Benazir met Rajiv Gandhi
    1990: Pucca Qila Massacre; drug trafficking to Pakistan
    Govt. dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan with Eighth Amendment
    1991: Fresh elections, Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister by the support of IJI (Islami Jamhuri Ittehad)
    Yellow cabs schemes; BCCI scandal; Co-operative socities scandal, Kalashinklov culture
    Twelfth Amendment and Shariat Bill passed
    1993: Govt. dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan with Eighth Amendment
    Sharif’s case in Supreme Court; President and Prime Minister both resigned
    General Elections; PPP won and Benazir became Prime Minister
    Farooq Ahmed Leghari appointed as President
    1996: Mir Murtaza Bhutto killed in police ambush
    Devaluation of Pakistani rupee and loss to US aid
    Asif Ali Zardari sent to jail for corruption and misuse of power
    Train March by Nawaz Sharif from Karachi to Peshawar
    Govt. dismissed by President Farooq Ahmed Leghari with Eighth Amendment
    1997: Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister with two-third majority seats
    Thirteenth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment in the constitution
    1998: Nuclear tests carried out by Pakistan
    Criticism by USA, UK and Western powers; economic sanctions placed
    1999: Lahore Declaration; Kargil Conflict
    Pervez Musharraf appointed Chief of Army Staff
    Overthrew Nawaz Sharif by a military coup

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