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All India Muslim League founded
The All-India Muslim League (popularised as the Muslim League) was a political party established in 1906 in British India. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, successfully led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire. -
Creation of a separate Muslim state
In an historical speech, on the 29th December 1930, Muhammad Iqbal proposed for the first time the creation of a separate state for the Indian Muslims, and his conception was not only clear but comprehensive in the sense that it was based on both geographical and ideological factors. -
Lahore Resolution
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the Muslim League, formally endorsed the"Lahore Resolution" calling for the creation of an independent state in regions where Muslims constituted a majority -
Independence and the Partition of the subcontinent
n August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. -
Death of Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
On September 11, 1948, just a little over a year after he became governor-general, Jinnah died of tuberculosis near Karachi, Pakistan; the place where he was born. -
Indo-Paksitani War of 1947-1948
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. -
Pakistan's first Prime Minister assasination
Liaqat Ali Khan was one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan; he also held cabinet portfolio as the first foreign, defense, and the frontier regions minister from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. -
Constituent Assembly declares Urdu and Bengali as official languages
Victory finally came on 7 May 1954, when the Constituent Assembly voted in support of Bengali as one of the official languages of Pakistan. Two years later, on 21 February 1956, the National Assembly of Pakistan declared both Urdu and Bengali the official state languages of Pakistan. -
Pakistan inaugurates first atomic reactor
In 1956, Pakistan established the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) to investigate the use of nuclear fission reactors to help in the economic development of the country. -
War between Pakistan and India leading to succession of East Pakistan and establishment of Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Liberation War refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The war resulted in Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan. -
Constitution is Adopted
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's opposition parties, it was approved by the Parliament on 10 April and ratified on 14 August 1973.
