Timeline Of Pakistani History

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 existence

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

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 . Gandhara is 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

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 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: and annex Sindh

1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab

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 Ordinance s

1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister

1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plan 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 )

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

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