Pakistan timeline
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Winston Churchill Publishes 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force'
Every influence, every motive, that provokes the spirit of murder among men, impels these mountaineers to deeds of treachery and violence. The... Read more
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Balochistan Earthquake of 1935
The town of Quetta saw most of the fatalities, and this earthquake has since been known as the Quetta Earthquake. The civil lines was completely... Read more
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The British Cabinet Mission Arrives in India
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plans for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership,... Read more
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Direct Action Day, Also Known as the "Great Calcutta Killing"
Direct Action Day, also known as the Great Calcutta Riot, was on 16 August 1946—a day of widespread riot and manslaughter in the city of Calcutta... Read more
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Formation of the Interim Government of India
Alarmed by the increasing lawlessness, Lord Wavell brought the Muslim League into the Interim Government. The formation of the coalition between... Read more
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The Partition of India
The stage was thus set for the June 3 Plan under which power was to be transferred by the British to two successor states on August 15, 1947. What... Read more
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Mahatma Gandhi Announces Fast to End Hindu/Muslim Violence in Delhi
He conducted extensive dialogue with Muslim and Hindu community leaders, working to cool passions in northern India, as well as in Bengal. Despite... Read more
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Bombing of Gulf Air Flight 771
Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on... Read more
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Pakistan tests its first atomic bomb to become the world's seventh nuclear power, code named Chagai-I
Chagai-I refers to the nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in 1998. It was named Chagai-I as the tests were conducted in the Chagai District... Read more
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Key CIA Prisoner Abu Faraj al-Libbi Arrested by Pakistani's Inter-Services Intelligence
The Pakistani military, working with the U.S. military and U.S. intelligence, has captured Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a man both U.S. and Pakistani... Read more
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Pervez Musharraf Resigns as President of Pakistan
General (ret) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt, is a Pakistani politician and military figure who served as... Read more
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Lakki Marwat Suicide Bombing
At least 88 people have been killed by a suicide bomb attack at a volleyball court in the troubled north-west of Pakistan, local police... Read more
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Pakistan Floods of 2010
The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 after record heavy monsoon rains. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was worst affected. At... Read more
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Pakistan Airbus A321 Crash
An airblue Airbus A321 crashed into the hills overlooking Islamabad, Pakistan, in rainy weather Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board,... Read more
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CIA Officials Locate Osama bin Laden's Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan
The National Security Agency reportedly tracked phone calls between the courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti's relatives in the Persian Gulf to all numbers... Read more
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Arrives in Pakistan to Survey Flood Damage
Today United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the flooding in Pakistan is nothing like he has ever seen before. He met with... Read more
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Pakistani Officials Say Donations Will Reach Flood Victims
Pakistani Officials say all money donated for flood assistance will go to help the victims. The officials assure international donors none of the... Read more
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Richard Holbrooke Dies
Richard C. Holbrooke, the high-octane diplomat who spearheaded the end of the Bosnian war and most recently served as the Obama administration's... Read more
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Al-Kuwaiti's Supposed Fake Name Appears in Document Released by WikiLeaks
According to the document, Libi fled to Peshawar in Pakistan and was living there in 2003 when he was asked to become one of Bin Laden's... Read more
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US Forces Kill Osama Bin Laden
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world,... Read more
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80 Killed in Pakistani Taliban Bombing in Retaliation for bin Laden Killing
There is a terrible inevitability about the bombing in Charsadda, Pakistan, on Friday morning. Little about it is different from previous bombings.... Read more
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US Missile Strike Kills Top al-Qaida Leader, Ilyas Kashmiri, in Pakistan
A leading al-Qaida military commander, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed by an American missile strike in Pakistan's tribal area, his extremist group... Read more
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Deadly NATO Airstrike Angers Pakistan
Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the American consulate in Karachi on Sunday, as Pakistan held funerals for the 24 soldiers killed... Read more