History timeline
Pakistan
15 periods and events, 7000 BCE – 1998.
Periods and events
| When | Period or event | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7000–2500 BCE | Mehrgarh梅赫尔格尔 One of the earliest farming settlements in South Asia, in Balochistan. | Other | Source |
| 326 BCE | Battle of the Hydaspes希达斯皮斯河战役 Alexander the Great defeats King Porus on the Jhelum in Punjab. | War | Source |
| 200 BCE – 10 | Indo-Greek Kingdom印度-希腊王国 Hellenistic kings rule from Taxila and Sagala, seeding Greco-Buddhist Gandhāran art. | Dynasty or era | Source |
| 712 | Arab conquest of Sindh阿拉伯征服信德 Umayyad general Muhammad ibn al-Qasim takes Sindh, bringing Islam to the subcontinent. | War | Source |
| 977 – 1186 | Ghaznavid rule伽色尼王朝统治 Mahmud of Ghazni raids India; Lahore becomes the dynasty's last capital. | Dynasty or era | Source |
| 1799 – 1849 | Sikh Empire锡克帝国 Ranjit Singh unites Punjab with Lahore as capital. | Dynasty or era | Source |
| 1843 – 1849 | British conquest of Sindh and Punjab英国征服信德与旁遮普 Sindh is annexed in 1843 and Punjab in 1849, after the Anglo-Sikh wars. | Colonial | Source |
| 1940 | Lahore Resolution拉合尔决议 The Muslim League demands independent states for Muslim-majority regions. | Movement | Source |
| 1947 | Independence of Pakistan巴基斯坦独立 Partition creates Pakistan in two wings, with Muhammad Ali Jinnah as Governor-General. | Politics | Source |
| 1958 – 1969 | Ayub Khan military rule阿尤布·汗军政 First military regime; the capital moves to the new city of Islamabad. | Politics | Source |
| 1965 – 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 19651965年印巴战争 War over Kashmir ending in a ceasefire and the Tashkent Declaration. | War | Source |
| 1971 – 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War孟加拉国解放战争 East Pakistan secedes as Bangladesh after Indian intervention. | War | Source |
| 1971 – 1977 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto era佐勒菲卡尔·阿里·布托时代 Civilian rule, the 1973 constitution and the launch of the nuclear programme. | Politics | Source |
| 1977 – 1988 | Zia-ul-Haq military rule齐亚·哈克军政 Islamisation of law and support for the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets. | Politics | Source |
| 1998 | Nuclear tests (Chagai-I)核试验（查盖-I） Pakistan answers India's tests and becomes a declared nuclear power. | Technology | Source |