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Timeline of Pakistani history

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Contents

1 BCE

2 CE

3 Post-Independence Era

4 References

5 External links

6 See also

BCE

2,000,000 BCE: In Riwat, dating at this period, stones implementations (tools) have been found at the site, proposing a possibility of earlier homo erectus existence¹
1,600,000 BCE: A stone artefact is discovered in Riwat, dated to this period
500,000 BCE: Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE
9000 BCE - 5500 BCE: Mehrgarh Period I
5500 BCE - 4800 BCE: Mehrgarh Period II
4800 BCE - 3500 BCE: Mehrgarh Period III
3500 BCE - 2800 BCE: Mehrgarh Periods IV to VI
2800 BCE - 2000 BCE: Mehrgarh Period VII
2800 BCE - 2500 BCE: Early Harappan / Kot Diji Phase
2500 BCE - 1900 BCE: Harappan Phase; Flourishment of Indus Valley Civilizationat urban centres, Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa
1900 BCE - 1300 BCE: Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)
1700 BCE - 0600 BCE: Start of the Aryan civilization in Sapta Sindhu, Punjab and of Indus culture, Rigvedic civilization
1500 BCE: Earliest rhymes of Rg-Veda were written in the Indus Valley (Pakistan)
500 BCE: Gandhara civilization (500 BCE to 500 ACE)
516 BCE: North Pakistan becomes easternmost province of Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Gandharais semi-independent kingdom
600 BCE: Beginning of historic period under Achaemenians; Sindh & Punjab as provinces of the empire of Darius I of Persia
327 BCE - 325 BCE: Alexander of Macedonia invades Pakistan and captures Taxila
326 BCE: Porus, the king of Punjab, fought the battle of the Hydaspes River against the Macedonian king Alexander.
325 BCE: During the siege of the capital of the Mallians (modern Multan), Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest, later he died of that wound
300 BCE: Mauryan empire, Ashoka promotes Buddhism
185 BCE: Bactrian Greeks conquer North-West Pakistan
75 BCE: Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from central Asia

CE

20: Parthians conquer Northern Pakistan
60: Kushans from central Asia overthrow Parthians
3rd Century: Kushans decline and are dominated by Sassanian empire of Persia
4th Century: Kidar (little) Kushans come to power
450: White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning
565: Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns
Late 6th –7th Century: Turki Shahi control area West of Indus, including Gandhara
711 - 712: Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Southern Punjab
870 - 1026: Hindu Shahi ruled from Multan to Kabul
1001: Mahmud Ghazni defeats the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala (A Janjua Rajput) near Peshawar
1021: Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1058: Sumra Dynasty(1058-1351) ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1148 - 1206: Ghaurids Period
1206: A body of Gakhars assassinated Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1221: Mongol Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan] born in Multan
1526 - 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526-1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707-1857)
1541 - 1543: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass
1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades subcontinent
1751-52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
1782: Talpur Balochs defeat the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
1801 - 1849: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799-1839),
1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh
1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
November 1, 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
1947: Pakistan gains independence

Post-Independence Era

1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, dies
1951: Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
1958: After a military coup Ayub Khan takes over
1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
1965: Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
1969: Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency
1971: East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistan; Pakistan fights another war with India; East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh; Yahya Khan resigns.
1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister
1977: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law
1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president
1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged
1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the controversial Hudood Ordinances
1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister
1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plane crash; New elections held; Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
1988: Prominent Pashtun leadar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar
1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme. Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time
1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government
1997: General elections held; Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time
1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf
2001: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
2002: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office
2002: First general elections since the 1999 military coup held; Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes the next prime minister
2004: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali resigns from office
2004: Shaukat Aziz is sworn in as prime minister
2005: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake kills an estimated 80,000 people in northern Pakistan. (see:2005 Pakistan earthquake)
2006: Pakistan army kills the prominent Baloch leader Nawab Akbar khan Bugti
2007: Chief Justice of Pakistan removed from office and reinstated. 2007 Karachi Riots. Lal Masjid Operation
2007: President Pervez Musharraf declares a 2007 Pakistani state of emergency and later removes it after domestic and international pressure
2007: Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated
2008: Elections in Pakistan, results in new government to be formed in center and provinces. For the first time in Pakistan's history, same coalition manages to form governments in all four provinces and at the center.

References

^ The African Emergence and Early Asian Dispersals of the Genus Homo - American Scientist