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O'Levels & IGCSE Pakistan Studies

Paper 1 History
Timeline
BY TEAM MOJZA

Section 1:
- Downfall of the Mughal Empire

Year Event

1600 Royal Charter granted to the EIC

1658 Aurangzeb seizes control

1690 Another base at Calcutta

1707 Aurangzeb dies

1719 M. Shah takes con Emperor

1754 Reign of Alamgir II

1748 Ahmad Shah becomes Emperor

- The EIC and Battles

Year Event

1833 Government of India Act

1838 Bahadur Shah II ascends the throne

 1843 Annexation of Sindh

1849 Annexation of Punjab

1852 Doctrine of Lapse (Lord Dalhousie)

1856 Oudh taken under British rule

- War of Independence:

Year Event

1857 January: British announce greased cartridges be used

March: Sepoys executed for refusing to use cartridges
May: Uprising in Meerut
September: British regain Delhi + Lucknow

1858 June: Lakshmibai killed

Aug: War declared

- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Year Event

1850 Aligarh Movement by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

1859 A school in Moradabad

1860 The Loyal Muhammadans of India & Causes of the Indian Revolt

1863 A Scientific Research Society opened

1864 Ghazipur institute

1866 Aligarh Gazette journal being issued

1967 Hindi-Urdu Controversy/Two-Nation Theory

1969 He went to Britain

1875 M.A.O (Mohammedan Anglo Oriental) school in Aligarh

1877 M.A.O college opened

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 1885 Indian National Congress (INC) formed

1886 Muhammadan Educational Conference (MEC)

1893 Mohammedan Defence Alliance

1898 Sir Syed died

- Languages:

Year Event

1900 Hindi declared as 2nd official language

Section 2
- Hindu-Muslim relations and events:

Year Event

1905 Partition of Bengal

1906 Simla Deputation

1908 Press Act

1909 Morley-Minto Reforms

1911 Reversal of the partition

1912 Outbreak of the Balkan Wars

1914 Outbreak of the WW1

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 1916 Lucknow Pact

1918 End of WW1

1919 Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

1919 Rowlatt Act

1919 Amritsar Massacre

- Khilafat Movement & Negotiations

Year Event

1919 Treaty of Versailles

1919 First and Second Khilafat Conference

1920 Treaty of Sevres

1920 Non-cooperation

1920 Hijrat to Afghanistan

1921 Third Khilafat Conference

1922 Chauri-Chaura incident

1923 Hindu Mahasabha founded

1927 Delhi Proposals

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- Up to RTCs
Year Event

1928 Nehru report

1929 Jinnah's 14 points

1930 Salt March

1930 Allahabad Address

1930 First RTC

1931 Second RTC

1932 Communal Award

1932 Third RTC

1933 Now or Never by Rahmat Ali

1935 Government of India Act

1937 Congress wins election

1937-1939 Rule of Congress

1939 Day of Deliverance

- Independence

Year Event

1940 Pakistan Resolution

1942 Cripps Mission

1942 Quit India Resolution

1944 Gandhi-Jinnah talks

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 1945 Simla Conference

1945 Elections

1946 Cabinet Mission Plan

1946 Direct Action Day

1947 3rd June Plan

1947 Independence

Section 3
- Historical Events (1947-1999)

Year Event

1947 Pakistan becomes a member of UNO

1948 Ceasefire in Kashmir

India invades Hyderabad (Deccan)

1949 Objectives Resolution passed

Liaquat-Nehru Pact; PRODA introduced

1950 Basic Principles Committee drafted constitution

1951 Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated

A Five Year Plan

1952 Revised Report of Basic Principles Committee

1953 Food and water shortages in Pakistan due to Korean War, U.S aid

1954 Constitutional Crisis/Maulvi Tamizuddin’s case

Membership in SEATO

1955 General Elections

The ‘One Unit’ Policy
Membership in CENTO

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 1956 New constitution formed (parliamentary form of govt.)

1957-1958 Political instability/change of PMs

1958 Martial Law imposed

1959 Basic Democracies

1962 A new constitution (presidential form of govt.)

Oil refinery set up in Pakistan

1964 Regional Cooperation Development (RCD) with Iran and Turkey

1965 War with India

1967 Islamabad as new capital

1969 Ayub Khan resigns

1970 General Election

Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman’s Six Points

1971 Operation Searchlight

Civil War in East Pakistan

1972 Pakistan left SEATO, CENTO and Commonwealth

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became Prime Minister

1973 Constitution of 1973 (parliamentary form of govt.)

1974 Lahore Summit organised by OIC

India carried Nuclear tests; Nuclear race started

1977 General Elections of 1977; rigging by PPP

Operation Fairplay, military coup by Zia-ul-Haq

1978 National Assembly and other assemblies dissolved

Martial Law imposed by Zia-ul-Haq

1979 Bhutto hanged; murder of Nawab Ahmed Kasuri

Start of Afghan-Soviet War, Afghan Jihad (1979-88) in Afghanistan

1980 Policy of Islamisation; Hudood Ordinances by Zia

1983 Siachen Glacier issue

1984 Referendum for Zia

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1985 General Elections of 1985; Muhammad Khan Junejo became PM
Eighth Amendment in constitution

1988 Ojhri Camp Incident

Martial Law lifted
Zia died in plane crash
General Elections; Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister
Vote of No confidence

1989 Benazir met Rajiv Gandhi

1990 Pucca Qila Massacre; drug trafficking to Pakistan

Govt. dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan with the Eighth
Amendment

1991 Fresh elections, Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister with the support
of IJI.
Yellow cabs schemes; BCCI scandal; Co-operative societies scandal,
Kalashinklov culture
Twelfth Amendment and Shariat Bill passed

1993 Govt. dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan with the Eighth
Amendment.
Sharif’s case in Supreme Court; President and Prime Ministerboth
resigned
General Elections; PPP won and Benazir became Prime Minister
Farooq Ahmed Leghari appointed as President

1996 Mir Murtaza Bhutto killed in police ambush

Devaluation of Pakistani rupee and loss to US aid
Asif Ali Zardari sent to jail for corruption and misuse of power
Train March by Nawaz Sharif from Karachi to Peshawar
Govt. dismissed by President Farooq Ahmed Leghari with Eighth
Amendment

1997 Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister with two-third majority seats
Thirteenth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment in the constitution

1998 Nuclear tests carried out by Pakistan

Criticism by USA, UK and Western powers; economic sanctions placed

1999 Lahore Declaration; Kargil Conflict

Pervez Musharraf appointed Chief of Army Staff
Overthrew Nawaz Sharif by a military coup

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- Political rule (1947-99)

Year Event

1947-1948 Jinnah/Quaid e Azam as Governor General

Liaquat Ali Khan-Prime Minister

1948-1951 Khwaja Nazimuddin-Governor General

Liaquat Ali Khan- Prime Minister

1951-1955 Ghulam Muhammad-Governor General

Khwaja Nazimuddin-Prime Minister
Muhammad Ali Bogra-Prime Minister

1955-1958 Iskander Mirza- President

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali-Prime Minister
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar-Prime Minister
Hussain Shaheed Soharwardhy as Prime Minister
Feroze Khan Noon as Prime Minister
Ayub Khan as Chief Martial Law Administrator

1958-1969 Ayub Khan-CMLA

1969-1971 Yahya Khan-CMLA

1971-1973 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto-CMLA

1973-1978 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry as President

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Prime Minister

1978-1988 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq as CMLA

Muhammad Junejo Khan as Prime Minister

1988-1990 Ghulam Ishaq Khan as President

Benazir Bhutto as Prime Minister

1990-1993 Ghulam Ishaq Khan as President

Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister

1993-1996 Farooq Ahmed Leghari as President

Benazir Bhutto-Prime Minister

1977-1999 Nawaz Sharif-Prime Minister

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