Post Partition History

. History of Pakistan

30th September 1947	Pakistan become member of UN
26th October 1947	Kashmiri Maharaja acceded to India which Lord Mountbatten accepted on behalf of India
27th October 1947	India air-lift its troops to Srinagar and lauched a full scale attack on Kashmir
1948 AD	First Pakistan India War
1st January 1948	India took Kashmir dispute to Security council
1st April 1948	India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks, causing a dispute over water
13th August 1948	Security council called for cease fire in Kashmir, and withdrawl of all Pakistani and Indian forces from Kashmir, and called UN for resolution which both Pakistan and India accepted at that time
11 September 1948	Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah died
14 September 1948	Khawaja Nazimuddin became the second Governer General of Pakistan
12th March 1949	Objective Resolution approved
1951 AD	First Census of Pakistan
12th February 1951	Chaudary Rehmat Ali founder of Pakistan National Movement died
16th October 1951	Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was murdered
17th October 1951	Khawaja Nazimuddin became second Prime Minister of Pakistan under Quad-e-Azam's constitutional framework, Malik Ghulam Muhammad became Governer General
1952 AD	Sindh Tas Treaty (Indus Water Treaty)
25th November 1952	Imran Khan born at Lahore
17th April 1953	Khawaja Nazimuddin dismissed by Ghulam Muhammad, and Muhammad Ali Bogra became the Prime Minister of Pakistan
24th October 1954	Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the Constituent Assembly of Muhammad Ali Bogra and declared a state of emergency in country
15th October 1955	Iskandar Mirza became the Governer General of Pakistan after Malik Ghulam Muhammad
1955	PIA founded
11th August 1955	Chaudry Muhammad Ali was appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan
23rd March 1956	1st constitution of Pakistan was passed under Chaudry Muhammad Ali, Pakistan was declared as Islamic Republic and Iskandar Mirza became the first President of Pakistan after implementation of this constitution
12th September 1956	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister replacing Chaudry Muhammad Ali
11th July 1957	Sir Aga Khan died in Geneva
October 1957	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy resigned from premiership and Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar was appointed by Iskandar Mirza as new Prime Minister of Pakistan
16th December 1957	Malik Feroz Khan Noon took over Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar as Prime Minister
7th October 1958	First Martial Law imposed by Iskandar Mirza and constitution was abrogated, General Muhammad Ayub Khan became Chief Martial Law Administrator, after three weeks, General Ayub Khan ousted Iskandar Mirza and declared himself as President of Pakistan and gave himself the rank of Field Marshal
23rd March 1960	Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan layed
1961	Second Census of Pakistan
1st March 1962	1962 constitution was announced by President Ayub Khan
5th December 1963	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy succumbed to death
1964	Khawaja Nazimuddin died
January 1965	General Ayub Khan was elected President of Pakistan under constitution of 1962
September 1965	Second Pakistan-India War
25th March 1969	General Ayub Khan handed over power to General Muhammad Yahya Khan who imposed second Martial Law
5th October 1970	General elections which were announced to be held today were postponed upto December 1970
22nd November 1971	India launched attack on East Pakistan
16th December 1971	Bangal separated from Pakistan in 3rd Pakistan-India War
20th December 1971	General Muhammad Yahya Khan resigned and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party took over as Chief Marshal Law Admistrator and President of Pakistan after winning general elections in December 1970
2nd July 1972	Shimla Agreement was signed
1972	Third Census in Pakistan
13th August 1973	Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Fazal Elahi Choudary became the President of Pakistan.
14th August 1973	1973 constitution was passed under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who became Prime Minister of Pakistan, Fazal Ilahi Chaudary became President of Pakistan
20th December 1973	Bhutto laid the foundations of Pakistan Steel Mill at Pipri near Kharachi
22nd February 1974	Pakisatan recognized Bangladesh in Islamic Conference at Lahore
1st July 1974	Several new carporations were created out of Pakistan Industrial Development Carporation (PIDC), including PMDC, State Cement Carporation
31st July 1976	Kahuta Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL) was founded by Dr. A.Q Khan
7th March 1977	Elections were held, PPP was accused of rigging the elections
5th July 1977	Third Martial Law imposed by Zia-ul-Haq, he postponded the announced elections of 15th October 1977, 1973 constitution was suspended
7th August 1977	First Pakistani (Ashraf Aman) on K2
16th September 1978	General Zia-ul-Haq became the President of Pakistan after Fazal Elahi's period was over
January 1979	Pakistan National Shiping Carporation founded.
4th April 1979	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged

1981	Fourth Census in Pakistan
6th February 1981	Movement for restoration of Democracy was launched
23rd March 1981	Provisional constitution was enforced after 1973 constitution was suspended under Zia's Martial Law
1st May 1981	Kahuta Research Laboratories was renamed as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL)
December 1984	Presidential Referendum was held, and General Zia-ul-Haq became President of Pakistan
February 1985	Election on non-party basis for National and Provincial Assembly was held.
20th March 1985	General Zia-ul-Haq nominated Muhammad Khan Junejo as Prime Minister of Pakistan
14th November 1985	Historic 8th Ammendment in 1973 constitution was passed by Senate
December 1985	Martial Law was lifted
August 1986	Karakoram Highway opened for Public across borders
17th August 1988	Zia-ul-Haq in plane crash near Bahawalpur, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, chairman of Senate becomes new President of Pakistan
November 1988	Pakistan Peoples Party returned to Power after winning elections, Benazir Bhutto becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan
16th July 1990	Pakistan's first satellite Badar-1 was launched from China
6th August 1990	Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto accusing her of corruption, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes the care taker Prime Minister until elections
24-27 October 1990	Elections were held for Provincial and National Assembly
1st November 1990	Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan after winning the elections
25th March1992	Pakistan won its first cricket world cup beating England
19th April 1993	Nawaz Sharif was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and National Assembly was dissolved once again. Mr Balakh Sher Mizari was appionted care taker Prime Minister by Ghulam Ishaq Khan
26th May 1993	Supreme court quashed the Presidential order and Nawaz Sharif was reinstated as Prime Minister of Pakistan
8th July 1993	President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned, thus dissolving all National and Provincial assemblies, Moin Qureshi was appointed caretaker Prime Minister and Ghulam Ishaq Khan as caretaker President
19th October 1993	Benazir Bhutto once again gained power after winning elections
13th November 1993	Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari was appointed President of Pakistan for five years
5th November 1996	Benazir goverment was dismissed by President Farooq Laghari
6th November 1996	Malik Meraj Khalid was appointed caretaker Prime Minister
February 1997	Elections were held in the country
17th February 1997	Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister after Muslim League won with an overwhelming majority
1st July 1997	14th Amendment of constitution was passed by Senate
2nd December 1997	President Farooq Laghari was dismissed, and Waseem Sijad became the care taker President of Pakistan
1st January 1998	Raffiq Tarrar became the new President of Pakistan
1998	Fifth Census
6th April 1998	1st 1500Km Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, Hatf V (Ghauri Missile) test fired by Pakistan, at Malut, Jhelum at 07:25pst
28th May 1998	Five Nuclear Explosions conducted at Chagi
30th May 1998	Sixth Nuclear Explosion of Pakistan at Chagi
19th February 1999	UN Inspectors visited the Wah Ordinance Factory, under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ratified by Pakistan Government
15 April 1999	Shaheen Missile test fired by Pakistan
6th May 1999	Kargil operation started by Mujahideen in Kashmir
2nd August 1999	Kohat Tunnel (1886 meters) project started
30th September 1999	Trials of Ghauri III Missile Engine were completed at KRL
12th October 1999	Army took control of Goverment under Gen.Pervaiz Musharaf, Nawaz Sharif along with his collegues was arrested
23rd June 2000	Sukkur bypass opened, including 12 bridges
1st July 2000	M10 (Makran Coastel Highway) construction began
9th December 2000	Nawaz Sharif along with his Family was exiled from Pakistan by Chief Executive of Pakistan, General Pervaiz Musharaf and Saudi government's demand
24th December 2000	Bagh-e-Quid-e-Azam opened for public, spreading over an area of 6 acres, around Quid's Mausoleum in Karachi
31st December 2000	Local Body polls held in 18 districts of Pakistan for the first time under Election Commision of Pakistan
4th January 2001	Surface to surface billistic missile Hadar-1 with a range of 300km is officialy declared
10th March 2001	Surface to surface missile SM-39, and air to surface missile AM-39, were succesfully tested by Pakistan Navy from Agasta-90 submarine and Atlantic plane respectively
29th March 2001	Chashma Nuclear Power plant is being inaugurated
19th April 2001	National University of Computer & Emerging Science (NUCES) is being inaugurated by Cheif Executive Gen. Pervaiz Musharaf at Lahore Campus
14th August 2002	Ghazi Brotha Hydro Power project is scheduled to start working according to Lef. General Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Chairman WAPDA, dated 22th January 2001