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KARACHI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced authorities to close schools and evacuate ...
1935 - May: Qazi Khuda Buksh becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1936 City becomes capital of Sindh Province, British India. May: K.B. Aradsher H. Mama becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1937 - May: Durgha Das B. Adwani becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1938 - May: Hatim A. Alvi becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1939 - May: R.K. Sidhwa becomes Mayor of ...
The Karachi Agreement formally called the Agreement Between Military Representatives of India and Pakistan Regarding the Establishment of a Cease-Fire Line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, was signed on 27 July 1949, supervised by the Truce Subcommittee of the UNCIP. [1] The signatories were: Lt. Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh, on behalf of India
India reinforced Kashmir by an additional brigade. [145] 27 December 1947 (): British Commonwealth Minister Philip Noel-Baker considered it a "political miscalculation" by India that the UN Security Council would condemn Pakistan as an aggressor. The events before Kashmir's accession would also come into play.
Karachi Agreement; Context: First Kashmir War (Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948) Signed: 28 April 1949: Original signatories (Muhammad Ibrahim) President Azad Kashmir Govt. (M.A. Gurmani) Minister without Portfolio, Government of Pakistan (Ghulam Abbas) President All Jammu and Kashmir; Parties: Pakistan; Azad Kashmir; Citations: Karachi Agreement
The 2020 Karachi floods (Urdu: سيلاب کراچی ) were the worst flooding Karachi had seen in almost a century, and killed at least 41 people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains from 24 to 27 August, [ 4 ] which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems in the city.
Towards the end of 1971, there were rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and after Pakistan declared a national emergency on 23 November, the Indian Navy deployed three Vidyut-class missile boats in the vicinity of Okha, near Karachi, to carry out patrols. As the Pakistani fleet would also operate in the same waters, the Indian Navy set ...
4 December: Battle of Longewala; India stops a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer. 4-5 December: Battle of Gazipur in which Indian Army and Mukti Bahini captured Gazipur. 5 December: Battle of Basantar; India captures the Shakargarh Salient. 7-16 December: Battle of Sylhet. 8 December: Operation Python, Indian naval attacks on Karachi. 9 ...