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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 – 1545: Sher Shah Sur built the Rohtas Fort. 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar at the Karakar pass [84] 1701: Kalhoro ...
A map outlining historical sites in Pakistan. The History of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [ 1 ] Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [ 2 ] Stone tools, dating as far back as 2.1 ...
The political history of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a ...
The history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's official chronology started ...
020/.92/4 B 19. LC Class. Z720.K54 M35 1987. A Short History of Pakistan is an edited book published by University of Karachi Press and comprises four volumes. The book is edited by Prof Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi and provides a comprehensive account of the history of the Pakistan region and its people from the prehistory leading to the creation ...
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's unsuccessful Operation Gibraltar,[14] which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and ...
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups, and elements of organized crime. [2] [3] Beginning of war Order of Battle. First Phase:-(2004 – 2017)
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq[a] (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in 1988. He rose to prominence after leading a coup on 5 July 1977, which overthrew the democratically elected government of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.