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Pakistan was originally part
of Afghanistan and India |
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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
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1945 |
August: World War II ended
when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
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1946 |
The British government agreed
to grant India independence
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1946 |
16 August: Indian Muslims held
nation-wide demonstrations calling for the
establishment of Pakistan
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1947 |
British and Indian leaders
agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan
15 August 1947 India became
independent
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1947 |
30 January: Gandhi was
assassinated |
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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
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1951 |
Liaquat assassinated and
Nazimuddin becomes Prime Minister |
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1956 |
Pakistan Constitution adopted
Mirza becomes president
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1965 |
Second war between India and
Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan |
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1971 |
East Pakistan became the
independent state of Bangladesh |
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1971 |
Third war between India and
Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan |
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1972 |
Bhutto and India's prime
minister Indira Gandhi sign Simla agreement
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1979 |
Islamic penal code introduced
and Bhutto is hanged |
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1988 |
Benazir Bhutto sworn in as
first woman prime minister of a Muslim nation
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1990 |
Nawaz Sharif elected prime
minister
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1993 |
Benazir becomes prime minister
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1996 |
President Farooq Leghari
dismisses Benazir Bhutto
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1997 |
National elections held and
Sharif comes to power again |
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1998 |
Pakistan tested its first
nuclear device. |