History of Pakistan |
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Timeline |
This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Paleolithic Period | Lower Paleolithic Period · | |
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Centuries | BCE | 35th · 27th · 25th · 19th · 17th · 15th · 13th · 12th · 10th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd · 1st |
CE | 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th · 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st |
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2,000,000 BCE – 1,000,000 BCE | Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the region of present-day North Pakistan [1] [2] The pebble stones from the archaeological site of Riwat, Murree are discovered, dating back approximately 1.9 million years ago. [3] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley. [4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across Indian subcontinent. [5] [6] [7] | |
500,000 BCE | Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE. |
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300,000 BCE – 100,000 BCE | Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have been found in Soan Valley. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic quartzite rocks. The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a part of the second inter-pluvial period in Pakistan. Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago. [8] [9] | |
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43,000 BCE | The archaeological site of Riwat 55 dates back to this period. It is modern form of Early Riwat Site. [10] Riwat 55 contains a structure that includes a low wall footing, a pit, and a stone-lined niche, all associated with a freshly flaked stone assemblage that included blades. [10] |
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3500 BCE – 3300 BCE | Mature phases of the Indus Valley civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, also called Indus script. Over the course of next 1000–1500 years, inhabitants of the civilization developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products and seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings. [11] The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats. [12] | |
Year | Date | Event |
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2700 BCE – 2600 BCE | The cities of Harappa [13] and Mohenjo-daro [14] become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole region of modern-day Pakistan and also some areas of Afghanistan and India, [15] covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system. | |
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2500 BCE – 2000 BCE | The culture, artichetere, technology and educational system of Indus Valley civilization reached at its zenith with Harappa and Kot Diji as main centres. [13] These fluctuations reflect complex and dynamic political, ideological, and economic processes that are an integral part of urban society. [13] | |
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1900 BCE – 1300 BCE | Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture) | |
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1300 BCE | Cemetery H culture comes to an end |
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1000 BCE | Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE) | |
Iron Age of Indian subcontinent (including today's Pakistan) | ||
Year | Date | Event |
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700 BCE | The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism is written. |
Year | Date | Event |
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600 BCE | Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge. [16] | |
Vedic period ends. | ||
535 BCE – 518 BCE | Achaemenid Emperors launched Persian campaign of Indus Valley and in result parts of modern-day Pakistan became easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire [17] | |
500 BCE | Gandhara Civilization at first stage of its flourishness. [18] |
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500 BCE – 450 BCE | Persian rule is at its zenith. | |
500 BCE | Roruka as capital of Sauvira Kingdom become most important trading center of Indian subcontinent, also mentioned in early Buddhist literature. [19] | |
450 BCE | Ror Dynasty come to power and captured Sindh, Balochistan and North India with the capital of Rori, Sindh. [20] |
Year | Date | Event |
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333 BCE | Persian rule in the Pakistan ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire. [21] | |
326 BCE | Ambhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander. [22] | |
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. [23] | ||
325 BCE | During the Mallian Campaign, Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest and this became reason of his death. [24] | |
321 BCE | Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya. [25] | |
305 BCE | Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire. [26] | |
304 BCE | Seleucus gives up his territories (Balochistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship. [27] | |
Year | Date | Event |
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200 BCE – 150 BCE | Gandhara Civilization (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) flourished in new way by combination of Hellenistic culture and Ancient Indian culture. Taxila became centre of Gandhara Civilization and religion of Buddhism. | |
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75 BCE | Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia. | |
58 BCE | Beginning of Vikram Era. |
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20 AD – 35 AD | Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established and conquered present northern Pakistan. [28] | |
35 AD | Western Satraps formed. [29] | |
68 AD | Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises. [30] |
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100 AD or after | Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in Punjab. [31] |
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240 AD | Sri Gupta starts the establishment of Gupta Empire in Indian subcontinent (including present Pakistan). [32] | |
260 AD | Kushans decline and are dominated by Indo-Sassanians. [33] |
Year | Date | Event |
320 AD | Chandragupta I ascends the throne of Gupta Empire. [34] | |
Kidarite Kingdom came to power in the region of modern-day Pakistan. [35] | ||
335 AD | Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire. [36] | |
380 AD | Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor. [34] |
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450 AD | White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning. [37] | |
489 AD | Ror dynasty is disestablished. [38] |
Year | Date | Event |
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524 AD | Rai dynasty come to power in the region of Sindh. [39] | |
554 AD | Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Skandagupta. [34] | |
565 AD | Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns. |
Year | Date | Event |
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601 AD | Rai dynasty reached at its zenith and covered whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the capital of Aror, Sindh. [40] | |
632 AD | Brahman dynasty come into power and Chach of Aror become Maharaja of Sindh. [41] | |
644 AD | Islam arrived in Indian subcontinent. Rashidun Caliphate defeated Rai dynasty in the Battle of Rasil and Balochistan become easternmost frontier of Rashidun Caliphate. [42] | |
665 AD | Turk Shahi gained control west of the Indus River, including Gandhara. [43] | |
671 AD | At the death of Chach of Alor, the Brahmin dynasty reached its zenith and he was succeeded by his brother Chandar of Sindh. [44] | |
679 AD | Chandar of Sindh died and succeeded by his nephew Raja Dahir, last Hindu Maharaja of Sindh. [45] |
Year | Date | Event |
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700 AD | According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the Parsi immigrants are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana. | |
712 AD | Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and established Ummayad Islamic rule on Sindh and South Punjab (Multan) on the orders of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. [46] | |
747 AD – 751 AD | Ummayad Era finished and Abbasid Era begins. [47] Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi revolted against Ummayad Dynasty during Abbasid Revolution and after Abbasid victory in revolution, he was confirmed as Abbasid Governor of Sindh. [48] |
Year | Date | Event |
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841 AD | Dynastic rule of Habbaris over Sindh begin under suzerainty of Abbasid Caliphate. [49] | |
870 AD | Hindu Shahis captured Kingdom of Kabul Shahi and expanded their rule in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab. [50] | |
875 AD | Habbari dynasty rule expanded over whole of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab (Multan). [51] |
Year | Date | Event |
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977 AD – 997 AD | Sabuktigin of Ghaznavid dynasty defeated many times Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala and became ruler of domains east of the Indus River. [52] |
Year | Date | Event |
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1001 | Mahmud Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of Hindu Shahi; after that Jayapala commits suicide. [53] | |
1021 | Mahmud Ghazni defeats Raja Tarnochalpal and Punjab becomes part of Ghaznavid dynasty. [54] In this way whole of Pakistan comes under Muslim rule; Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa under Ghaznavid Empire, Sindh under Habbari dynasty while Makran (Balochistan) under Caliphate. This Muslim rule continued for next 8 centuries under different Muslim dynasties. | |
1030 | Alberuni arrives in Indian subcontinent; death of Mahmud Ghazni. [55] | |
1058 | Muslim Rajput Soomra Dynasty ends the rule of Habbari dynasty and starts to rule on the behave of Abbasid Caliph. [56] [57] | |
1092 | Reign of Zainab Tari begins; first absolute female ruler in the history of South Asia as well as only female who ruled Sindh. [58] |
Year | Date | Event |
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1175 | Muhammad of Ghurid dynasty defeats Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175. [59] [60] | |
1186 | Muhammad Ghori along with Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ends the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty after having captured Lahore. [61] [62] [63] | |
1191 | "Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. [64] | |
1192 | "Victory of Muhammad Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Chauhan is defeated by Muhammad Ghori. [64] | |
1193 | Qutb al-Din Aibak becomes deputy of Ghurid Empire in Indian subcontinent. [65] |
Year | Date | Event |
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1206 | 15 March | Khukhrains kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River. [66] |
1206 | 12 June | End of Ghurid Era. |
1206 | 25 June | Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Delhi Sultanate by becoming first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from Mamluk dynasty. [67] |
1210 | November | Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo. [68] |
1210 | December | Aram Shah becomes new Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [69] |
1211 | June | Shams ud-Din Iltutmish defeats Aram Shah in the Battle of Delhi and become third Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [70] |
1221 | Genghis Khan invades Punjab during rule of Iltutmish. | |
1236 | 30 April | Iltutmish dies and Rukn ud din Firuz become fourth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [71] |
1236 | 10 October | Razia Sultana abolishes the rule of Rukn ud din Firuz and become fifth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [72] |
1240 | 17 May | Muiz ud din Bahram becomes sixth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [73] |
1240 | 14 October | Murder of Razia Sultan by nobles of Chalisa. [74] |
1242 | 15 May | Murder of Muiz ud din Bahram by army. Ala ud din Masud becomes seventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [75] |
1246 | 10 June | Nasiruddin Mahmud becomes eighth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate with the support of Corps of Forty. [71] Balban rules on the behave of Nasiruddin Mahmud as a deputy of empire. |
1266 | 18 February | Nasiruddin Mahmud dies without any hier. Ghiyas ud din Balban becomes ninth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [71] |
1285 | Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats the army of Mongol Empire at the battle of Beas River. [76] | |
1287 | March | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad becomes tenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate after the death of his grandfather Ghiyas ud din Balban. [77] |
1290 | 1 February | Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander. [78] Shamsuddin Kayumars becomes eleventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. |
1290 | 13 June | Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji ends the Mamluk Dynasty by murdering Shamsuddin Kayumars. Establishment of Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin becomes twelfth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [79] |
1296 | 19 July | Alauddin Khalji murders Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji and become thirteen Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [79] |
1296 | October | Allauddin Khalji conquers Multan and eliminates all surviving members of his predecessor Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji. [80] |
1297-1298 | Mongol Army invades Punjab and Sindh but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them and crushes away from Pakistan. [81] | |
1298 | Mongols once again invades Sindh and occupies fort of Sivistan but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them. [82] | |
Year | Date | Event |
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1316 | 4 January | Alauddin Khalji died due to severe illness. [83] |
1316 | 5 January | Shihabuddin Omar succeeded Alauddin Khalji with the help of Malik Kafur and becomes the 14th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [80] |
1316 | 14 April | After the assassination of Malik Kafur, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah detroned his brother Shihabuddin Omar and himself becomes 15th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. [80] |
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Events from the year 2007 in Pakistan.
Events from the year 2008 in Pakistan.
Events from the year 2010 in Pakistan.
In 2007, 34 terrorist attacks and clashes, including suicide attacks, killings, and assassinations, resulted in 134 casualties and 245 injuries, according to the PIPS security report. The report states that Pakistan faced 20 suicide attacks during 2007, which killed at least 111, besides injuring another 234 people. The PIPS report shows visible increase in suicide attacks after the siege of Lal Masjid.
This is a list of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the calendar year 2011.
These are the list of Terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2010.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004.
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This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013. Some of the incidents are sectarian in nature and the TTP is responsible for a majority of them.
Events in the year 2014 in Pakistan.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015.
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Pakistan.
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Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad was a combined military operation by the Pakistani military in support of local law enforcement agencies to disarm and eliminate the terrorist sleeper cells across all states of Pakistan, started on 22 February 2017. The operation aimed to eliminate the threat of terrorism, and consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive. It was further aimed at ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders. The operation underwent active participation from the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police and other Warfare and Civil Armed Forces managed under the Government of Pakistan. More than 375,000 intelligence-based operations had been carried out as of 2021. This operation has been mostly acknowledged after Operation Zarb e Azb.
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