Timeline of Pakistani History - AD

AD

• 20: Parthians conquer present Northern Pakistan area
• 60: Kushans from central Asia overthrow Parthians
• 3rd Century: Kushans decline and are dominated by Sassanian empire of Persia
• 4th Century: Kidar (little) Kushans come to power
• 450: White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning
• 565: Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns
• Late 6th –7th Century: Turki Shahi control area West of Indus, including Gandhara
• 711 - 712: Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Southern Punjab
• 870 - 1026: Hindu Shahi ruled from Multan to Kabul
• 1001: Mahmud Ghazni defeats the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala (A Janjua Rajput) near Peshawar
• 1021: Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
• 1058: Soomra Dynasty, Soomro period from 1058 to 1351 ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
• 1148 - 1206: Ghaurids Period
• 1206: A body of Gakhars assassinated Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
• 1221: Mongol Genghis Khan invades Punjab
• 1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
• 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
• 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan)
• 1526 - 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
• 1541 - 1543: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
• 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass
• 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
• 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades subcontinent
• 1751-52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
• 1782: The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
• 1801 - 1849: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839),
• 1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh
• 1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
• November 1, 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
• 1906: A new political party All-India Muslim League formed to protect rights of Muslims in British Indian Empire.
• 1913: Prominent Muslim leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah left Indian National Congress aknowlleging that Hindu dominant Indian Congress failing to protect Indian Muslim rights, later became leader of the All-India Muslim League and instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.
• 1930: Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, a great Muslim philosopher and poet suggested creation of separate Muslim state in Indian sub-continent to protect Muslim population dominated by Hindu majority.
• 1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
• 1947: Pakistan is created.