History 1961-1970 Flashcards
1961
January 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan.
April 22: Government institutes Film Awards.
June 14: Government took over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
July 15: Jasmine was chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
August 16: Maulvi Abdul Haq passed away in Karachi.
1962
February 3: Prominent poet and Pakistan’s Guinness world record holder Dr. Muhammad Saeed Fazal
Karim Beebani born in Rawalpindi. He wrote Ghair Munqoot Naatia poetry book ‘Mumdooh-e-Kirdigar’ and
Ghair Munqoot Hamdia poetry book ‘Alhumdolillah’.
March 23: 1962 Constitution was promulgated.
April 27: Vetern statesman of Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Haq passed away in Dhaka at age 89.
June 1: Soviet Union awarded Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution.
June 7: SUPARCO launched Pakistan’s first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Somniani.
June 8: National Assembly elected and began its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of
Pakistan under new constitution.
1963
January 5: First trade agreement was signed between Pakistan and China.
January 24: Z. A. Bhutto became Foreign Minister.
March 2: Pakistan and China singed a border agreement in Peking (Beijing).
April 21: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors adopted code of Press Ethics.
October 29: Sir Zafrullah Khan was replaced by Syed Amjad Ali as Pakistan’s permanent representative to
United Nations.
1964
July 31: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish, RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development).
September 17: Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election.
October 22: Khwaja Nazimuddin passed away in Dhaka.
October 28: Pakistan’s hockey team won Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games.
November 26: President Ayub Khan inaugurated Pakistan Television Lahore Station.
1965
January 2: Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan was re-elected as President.
March 21: National Assembly elections were held. Out of 150, Pakistan Muslim League won 120 seats.
June 30: Pakistan and India signed accord on Rann of Kutch.
September 6: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
September 23: A cease-fire between India and Pakistan came into force.
1966
January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan.
February 12: Sheikh Mujeeb, chief of Awami League, announced his six points in Karachi.
June 17: Z. A. Bhutto then foreign minister, resigned.
September 17: General Yahya Khan became C-in-C of Pakistan Army. General Musa Khan was appointed as
Governor General of West Pakistan.
November 13: Punjab city of Montgomery renamed Sahiwal.
1967
July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah passed away in Karachi.
August 24: Pakistan’s first steel mill was inaugurated at Chittagong.
November 18: Pakistan awarded Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of
Allama Iqbal.
November 26: Malik Amir Muhammad, Nawab of Kalabagh was shot dead.
December 1: Pakistan Peoples Party came into being.
1968
January 6: Agartala conspiracy case for secession of East Pakistan, unearthed. 28 involved persons arrested.
September 25: Pakistan Television Dhaka Station was inaugurated.
October 26: Pakistan became Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1.
November 7: Students’ demonstrations start throughout the country that later led to resignation of
General Auyb Khan.
December 7: Mir Waiz Yousaf Shah, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, passed away in Rawalpindi.
1969
March 6: All court cased against student’s withdrawn in West Pakistan.
March 25: Ayub Khan resigned and handed over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law
proclaimed and assemblies dissolved.
July 4: Pakistan and India signed the final maps of the Rann of Kutch in Islamabad.
September 24: Indian official delegation excluded from Islamic Summit Conference following Pakistan’s
demand.
December 1: Three-hundred class-I gazetted officers, allegedly involved in corruption, were suspended.
1970
March 1: Air Marshal Asghar Khan formed new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal.
April 6: First ordnance factory was inaugurated at Ghazipur.
July 1: One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored.
December 7: First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerged as leading
parties in East and West Pakistan.
December 19: Pakistan won gold medal in Asian Games hockey, beating India 1-0
