Timeline of Tajikistani history

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This is a timeline of Tajikistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tajikistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Tajikistan.

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15th century

YearDateEvent
1405February 19 Timur (Tamerlane) died. [1]
1483February 14 Babur is born in the Ferghana Valley.

16th century

YearDateEvent
1506Turks annex the Timurid Empire.
1526April Mughal Empire was established. [2]
1598End of Turkic rule.

17th century

YearDateEvent
1605 Vali Muhammad Khan became leader of the Ashtarkhanid dynasty.
1644 Imam Quli Khan of Bukhara died.

18th century

YearDateEvent
1709The Khanate of Kokand was formed.
1736January 22The Afsharid dynasty formed.
1740 Nader Shah conquered the Janid Khanate.
1747June 20 Nader Shah died.
1796Death of Shahrokh Shah.

19th century

YearDateEvent
1830January 12Beginning of the Great Game.
1839March First Anglo-Afghan War : The war began.
1842October First Anglo-Afghan War : The war ended with Afghanistan claiming victory.
1845December 11 First Anglo-Sikh war : The war began.
1846January 28 Battle of Aliwal : The battle took place.
March 9The Treaty of Lahore was signed.
First Anglo-Sikh war : The war ended with sikh empire claiming victory.
1868Most of Tajikistan was incorporated into the Sikh Empire.
1876The Khanate of Kokand collapsed. [3]

20th century

YearDateEvent
1918FebruaryThe city of Kokand was assaulted by the Bolsheviks
1920Tajikistan left the Russian Empire.
Tajikistan became a part of the Soviet Union.
1924December 7Formation of the first militia in Tajikistan.
1936December 5Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic was renamed to Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic .
1953March 5 Joseph Stalin died. [4]
1961November 10The city of Stalinabad, was renamed to Dushanbe .
1990February 1990 Dushanbe riots. [5]
1991August 31Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed to Republic of Tajikistan .
September 9During the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan left. [6]
1992May 5 Tajikistani Civil War : A civil war began.
1993February 23 Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan was founded.
1994November 16 Emomali Rahmon became the 3rd president of Tajikistan.
1997June 27Tajikistani Civil War: The civil war ended in a ceasefire. [7]

21st century

YearDateEvent
2006November 6A presidential election took place. [8] Emomali Rahmon received 80% of the vote. [9]
2012July 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes.
2013November 6A presidential election took place. [10] Emomali Rahmon was re-elected with 84% of the vote. [11]
2017February 19Tajikistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.
2018May 18Death of Mumin Kanoat.
2020October 11Emomali Rahmon was re-elected with 90% of the votes. [12]

Reference

  1. ↑ Lee, Adela C. Y. "Tamerlane (1336–1405) – The Last Great Nomad Power". Silkroad Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Mahajan, V.D. (2007). History of medieval India (10th ed.). New Delhi: S Chand. pp. 428–29. ISBN   978-81-219-0364-6.
  3. ↑ Zenkovsky, Serge A. (1955). "Kulturkampf in Pre-Revolutionary Central Asia". American Slavic and East European Review. 14 (1): 15. doi:10.2307/2491902.
  4. ↑ Victor Zorza (7 March 1953). "How Moscow broke the news of Stalin's death". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Michael Waller; Bruno Coppieters; Alekseĭ Vsevolodovich Malashenko, eds. (1998). Conflicting Loyalties and the State in Post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia. Routledge. pp. 169–170. ISBN   0-7146-4882-5.
  6. ↑ "Emomali Rahmon: The Accidental Leader Who Has Stayed In Power For Decades". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Tajikistan Civil War". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 2007-04-14. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  8. ↑ Election Profile Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine IFES
  9. ↑ Tajik president wins third term
  10. ↑ "Volatile Tajikistan sets presidential election for November 6". Yahoo News. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  11. ↑ "Tajik strongman wins over 83pc in 'no choice' poll". The Nation. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  12. ↑ "Tajikistan re-elects leader Rahmon with overwhelming majority". Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-05-03.

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