＃ Important Incident from 1857 to 1947 Date/Month/Year

01 War of Independence. (Started from Merath from 10th May) 1857

02 Madarsa establish in Muraad abad by Sir Syed Ahmed. 1859
03 Indian Councilor Act was imposed on. 1861
04 Madarsa establish in Ghazi abad by Sir Syed Ahmed. 1862
05 Urdu Hindi Controversy. 1867
06 Madarsa e Deoband. 30 May 1867
07 M.A.O High School Ali Garh. 12 Nov. 1875
08 M.A.O College Ali Garh. 08 Jan. 1877
09 Anjman Himayat e Islam. 24 Sep. 1884
10 Indian National Congress was established by A.O.Hume. 28 Dec. 1885
11 Muhammadan Educational Conference. 1886
12 British Indian Association. 1886
13 Nadwa tul Ulmaa Lakhnaow. 1894
14 Partition of Bengal. 16 Oct. 1905
15 The Shimla Deputation. 01 Oct. 1906
16 Formation of Muslim League. 30 Dec. 1906
17 Manto Marly Reforms. (Indian Councilor Act) 1909
18 Cancellation of Partition of Bengal. 12 Dec. 1911
19 Quaid e Azam joined Muslim League. 1913
20 World War (I) 1914-1918
21 Lakhnaow Pact. 1916
22 Montague Chamsford Reforms. (Govt. of India Act) 1919
23 Khilafat Movement. 05 July 1919
24 Mopla Disloyalty. 1921
25 Hindu Muslim Riots. 1922
26 Chora Chori Incident. 05 Feb. 1922
27 Turkey became an independent country. 23 Mar. 1924
28 Dehli Proposal. 20 Mar. 1927
29 Simon Commission in India. 1927
30 Nehru Report. 1928
31 Quaid e Azam’s 14 Points. 1929
32 Simon Commission report. 07 June 1930
33 Allama Iqbal’s Allah abad address. 30 Dec. 1930
34 1st Round table conference. 1930
35 2nd Round table conference. 1931
36 3rd Round table conference. 1932
37 Communal Award. 1932
38 Govt. Of India Act. 1935
39 Election and Congress Rule. 1937
40 Congress Rule end. 1939
41 Pakistan Resolution. (Lahore Resolution ) 23 Mar. 1940
42 Cripp’s Mission. March 1942
43 Gandhi Jinnah Talks. 1944
45 Wawol Plan. (Shimla Confrence) June 1945
46 Interim Govt. 1945-46
47 Cabinet Mission. March 1946
48 Dehli Resolution. 19 Apr. 1946
49 3rd June 1946’s Plan. (Distribution of Subcontinent into India & Pakistan) 3 June 1946
50 Redclif Award. (Boundary Commission) 30 June 1947
51 Independence of India Law. 18 July 1947
52 Pakistan Came into being. 14 Aug. 1947
＃ Important Incident from 1947 till date Date/Month/Year
01 Pakistan becomes a member of the UN. 30 Sep. 1947
02 Indian Air troops land in Kashmir. 27 Oct. 1947
03 UN gave order to cease-fire in Kashmir. 01 Jan. 1948
04 Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan. 02 Feb. 1948
05 Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan. 1st July 1948
06 Quaid-e-Azam died. 11 Sep. 1948
07 Khawaja Nazimuddin became second Governor General of Pakistan. 14 Sep. 1948
08 Azad Kashmir Government shifted its capital to Muzaffarabad. 08 Feb. 1949
09 Objectives Resolution passed. 12 Mar. 1949
10 Pakistan recognized the China. 04 Jan. 1950
11 Pakistan joins the IMF and World Bank. 11 July 1950
12 General Ayub Khan appointed as Commander in Chief of Pak. Army. 06 Sep. 1950
13 First Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated at Rawalpindi. 16 Oct. 1951
14 Malik Ghulam Muhammad became third Governor General of Pakistan. 17 Oct. 1951
15 Khawaja Nazimuddin became second Prime Minister of Pakistan. 17 Oct. 1951
16 Muhammad Ali Bogra became third Prime Minister of Pakistan. 17 Apr. 1953
17 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly. 24 Oct. 1954
18 PIA came into being. 1st Jan. 1955
19 Chaudhry Mohammad Ali became fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 07 Aug. 1955
20 One Unit Act passed by Iskandar Mirza (Acting Governor General of Pak.) 05 Oct. 1955
21 Iskandar Mirza became fourth Governor General of Pakistan. 06 Oct. 1955
22 1956 Constitution was promulgated. 23 Mar. 1956
23 Iskandar Mirza became first President of Pakistan according to Constitution. 23 Mar. 1956
24 Hussain Shaheed Suhrwardy became fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 12 Sep. 1956
25 I.I Chandigarh became sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 17 Oct. 1957
26 Malik Feroz Khan Noon seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. 16 Dec. 1957
First Martial Law was imposed by Iskandar Mirza. General Ayub Khan was
27 07 Oct. 1958
Chief Martial Law Administrator.
28 General Ayub Khan became second President of Pakistan. 27 Oct. 1958
29 General Ayub Khan announced Basic Democracies Order. 26 Oct. 1959
30 General Ayub Khan became Field Marshal. 27 Oct. 1959
31 1962 Constitution was promulgated. 08 June 1962
32 First Martial Law was lifted. 08 June 1962
General Ayub Khan took oath as President of Pakistan under new Constitution of
33 08 June 1962
Pakistan.
34 First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China. 05 Jan. 1963
35 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became Foreign Minister. 24 Jan. 1963
36 President Ayub Khan inaugurated Pakistan Television Lahore Station. 26 Nov. 1964
37 General Ayub Khan was re-elected President against Ms. Fatima Jinnah. 02 Jan. 1965
38 Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. 06 Sep. 1965
39 A cease-fire between India and Pakistan came into force. 23 Sep. 1965
40 Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan. 10 Jan. 1966
41 General Yahya Khan appointed as Commander in Chief of Pak. Army. 17 Sep. 1966
42 Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah died in Karachi. 09 July 1967
43 Pakistan People’s Party came into being. 01 Dec. 1967
45 President Ayub Khan resigned. 25 Mar. 1969
Second Martial Law was imposed by General Yahya Khan and became Chief
46 25 Mar. 1969
Martial Law Administrator.
47 Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal. 1st Mar. 1970
48 Legal Frame Work Ordinance. 28 Mar. 1970
49 One Unit Act of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored. 1st July 1970
50 Nurul Amin became eighth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 07 Dec. 1971
51 Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being. 16 Dec. 1971
52 General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z.A. Bhutto, who takes over as
20 Dec. 1971
President and Chief Martial Law Administrator.
53 First session of new National Assembly was held. Z.A. Bhutto elected as fourth President. 14 Apr. 1972
54 Second Martial Law was lifted and Constitutional Rule was restored in the country. 21 Apr. 1972
55 Shimla agreement signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 02 July 1972
56 Begum Rana Liaquat Ali becomes first woman to assume office of Sindh Governor. 13 Feb. 1973
57 Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi was elected as fifth President. 13 Aug. 1973
58 1973 Constitution was promulgated. 14 Aug. 1973
59 Z.A. Bhutto became ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 14 Aug. 1973
60 Pakistan recognized Bangladesh. 21 Feb. 1974
61 Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore in which 22 heads of state participated. 22 Feb. 1974
62 Resolution passed about that Ahmadis and all groups of Ahmadis are Non-Muslim. 07 Sep. 1974
63 General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq became Chief of Army Staff. 1st Mar. 1976
64 Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express started. 24 July 1976
65 Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday. 1st July 1977
66 Third Martial Law was imposed by General Zia-ul-Haq and Constitution
5 July 1977
suspended.
67 Z.A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders. 17 Sep. 1977
68 General Zia-ul-Haq took oath as sixth President of Pakistan. 16 Sep. 1978
69 Hudood Ordinance enacted. 1979
70 Z.A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail. 04 Apr. 1979
71 Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, was awarded Physics Nobel Prize. 15 Oct. 1979
72 Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced. 26 May 1980
73 Altaf Hussain formed MQM. 18 Mar. 1984
74 Muhammad Khan Junejo elected as tenth Prime Minister. 24 Mar. 1985
75 Third Martial Law was lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived. 30 Dec. 1985
76 President Zia made a surprise visit to India and met Premier Rajiv Gandhi. 21 Feb. 1987
77 Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp Rawalpindi. And more than 100
10 Apr. 1988
people died.
78 General Zia-ul-Haq was killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur. 17 Aug. 1988
79 Ghulam Ishaq Khan became seventh President of Pakistan. 17 Aug. 1988
80 Benazir Bhutto elected as eleventh (first woman) Prime Minister of Pakistan. 02 Dec. 1988
81 Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time. 05 Feb. 1990
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved National Assembly and dismisses Benazir
82 06 Aug. 1990
Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister.
83 Nawaz Sharif elected as twelfth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 06 Nov. 1990
84 Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched. 12 Jan. 1992
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz
85 18 Apr. 1993
Sharif Government. Balkh Sher Mazari became care-take prime minister.
86 Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. 26 May 1993
87 President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices. 18 July 1993
88 Benazir Bhutto is elected as thirteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 19 Oct. 1993
89 Farooq Laghari elected as eighth President of Pakistan. 14 Nov. 1993
Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir
90 05 Nov. 1996
Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister.
91 Nawaz Sharif is elected as fourteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 17 Feb. 1997
92 Nawaz Sharif declared Sunday, instead of Friday as weekly holiday. 23 Feb. 1997
93 Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as ninth President of Pakistan 1st Jan. 1998
94 Pakistan became atomic power. 28 May 1998
95 Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee. 21 Feb. 1999
96 Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India. 26 July 1999
Pakistan came under military rule again and Nawaz Sharif was ousted from power
98 12 Oct. 1999
and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf.
99 General Pervez Musharraf introduces Local Government Ordinance. 14 Aug. 2000
General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of President (tenth president) while
100 20 June 2001
remaining Chief of Army Staff.
101 General Pervez Musharraf wins in presidential referendum. 30 Apr. 2002
102 Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali elected as fifteenth Prime Minister. 23 Nov. 2002
103 Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down. 26 June 2004
104 Ch. Shujaat Hussain elected as sixteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 30 June 2004
105 Shaukat Aziz elected as seventeenth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 28 Aug. 2004
106 Nawab Akbar Bugti is killed in his hide-out cave collapsed and killed everyone inside. 26 Aug. 2006
107 President Pervez Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan (Iftikhar Chaudhary). 09 Mar. 2007
108 Iftikhar Chaudhary restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan. 20 July 2007
109 President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency. 03 Nov. 2007
After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government
110 16 Nov. 2007
of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
111 Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored. 16 Dec. 2007
112 Benazir Bhutto assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi. 27 Dec. 2007
113 Yusuf Raza Gilani elected as eighteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 24 Mar. 2008
114 Pervez Musharraf stepped down as President of Pakistan. 18 Aug. 2008
115 Asif Ali Zardari took oath as eleventh President of Pakistan 09 Sep. 2008
Militants attack bus with the touring Sri Lankan cricket team. All international
116 cricket matches in Pakistan are suspended. Pakistan also loses its status as hosts 09 Mar. 2009
for the cricket World Cup 2011.
117 The US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad. 02 May 2011
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected as nineteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan
118 following the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani over a contempt of court 22 June 2012
conviction by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso is appointed as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan,
119 25 Mar. 2013
following the completion of the PPP-led government's term in office.
120 Nawaz Sharif was elected as twentieth Prime Minister of Pakistan. 05 June 2013
121 Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the twelfth President of Pakistan. 09 Sep. 2013
A verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz
122 Sharif from office, over the controversy of him and some of his family members 28 July 2017
names being in the Panama Papers, which led to his resignation.
123 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was elected as twenty first Prime Minister of Pakistan. 1st Aug. 2017
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-
124 law Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of 10, 7 and 1 years respectfully on 06 July 2018
controversial corruption charges.
Imran Khan was elected as twenty second Prime Minister of Pakistan.
125 17 Aug. 2018
(Elections 25th July)
126 Dr. Arif Alvi was elected as the thirteenth President of Pakistan. 09 Sep. 2018
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 Amendments in Constitution of Pakistan

Proposal date Enactment date

1st Redefined the boundaries of Pakistan and removed references to East Pakistan. 4 May 1974

2nd Defined a Muslim and declared the status of Ahmadis as minority and 'non-Muslim'. 7 September 1974

3rd Extended the period of preventive detention. 18 February 1975

Decreed additional seats for minorities, it also deprived courts of the power to grant bail to
4th 21 November 1975
any person detained under any preventive detention.

5th Widened the scope of restriction on the High Courts. 5 September 1976

Provided that Chief Justice of Supreme Court will be retired at the age of 65 and High
6th 22 December 1976
Court judges at age 62.

7th Enables the Prime Minister to obtain a vote of confidence of the people of Pakistan. 16 May 1977

Changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential

8th 11 November 1985
system by giving the President a number of additional powers.

1998
Bill to impose Shariah law as the supreme law of land. The bill was passed by Senate but
9th
could never be passed by National Assembly owing to the latter's dissolution.
Not passed

Fixed the interval period between sessions of the National Assembly to not exceed 130
10th 29 March 1987
days.

1989
Revision of the reserved seats for women in the National and the provincial assemblies.
11th
The bill was withdrawn in 1992.
Not passed

12th Created Speedy Trial Court for 3 years. 1991

Stripped the President of Pakistan of his reserve power to dissolve the National Assembly
13th 1997
of Pakistan, and thereby triggering new elections and dismissing the Prime Minister.

14th Allowed members of parliament to be dismissed if they defect. 3 July 1997

 1998
15th Bill to impose Shariah law as supreme law of land. Was never passed.
Not passed

Increased the term appointed for quota system as per 1973 Constitution from 20 to 40
16th 1999
years.

Made changes dealing with the office of the President and the reversal of the effects of
17th 2003
the Thirteenth Amendment.

18th Removed the power of President of Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally. 8 April 2010

Provided for the appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and made
19th amendments in the number of members of the parliamentary committee for the 22 December 2010
appointment of Chief Electoral Officers at Election Commission of Pakistan.

20th For Free and Fair Elections.[1] 14 February 2012

21st For Speedy Trial Military Courts to deal with terrorism. 7 January 2015

22nd ECP powers deputed to Chief Election Commissioner [2] 8 June 2016

The 23rd Amendment was passed to re-establish the military courts for further two years
till 6 January 2019.[3] In 2015, National Assembly passed the 21st Amendment and
created the military courts for the period of 2 years. The period of two years was expired
23rd 7 January 2017
on 6 January 2017 hence this 23rd Amendment was passed to re-establish the military
courts for further two years till 6 January 2019. At the end of this period all the
amendments will be expired/removed automatically.

Reallocation of National Assembly seats among federating units and allowing election
24th authorities to update boundaries of constituencies based on provisional results of 2017 22 December 2017
Census of Pakistan.

Merges Federally Administered Tribal Areas with [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

25th 26th Amendment passed on 13 May 2019>> Constitutional (Amendment) Bill,: Under this 31 May 2018
amendment the seats of tribal districts in NA will retain at 12 while their seats in the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been increased to 24 from 16.]

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