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Lahore in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Lahore in Pakistan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

34 records11 event labels4 people1934โ€“1999

Historical events in Lahore

1934

1934
Lahore Resolution
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

Tempered by the failure to build coalitions with the Congress, Jinnah embraces the goal of creating a separate state for Muslims as in the Lahore Resolution

1934
Lahore Resolution
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

Tempered by the failure to build coalitions with the Congress, Jinnah embraces the goal of creating a separate state for Muslims as in the Lahore Resolution

1940

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

The "Pakistan resolution" is adopted as the main goal of the party, the resolution is rejected outright by the Congress. Pledges support for the British war effort.

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

The "Pakistan resolution" is adopted as the main goal of the party, the resolution is rejected outright by the Congress. Pledges support for the British war effort.

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan.

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

At the conference of Lahore Jinnah calls for a separate Pakistan & an independent India.

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan.

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

At the conference of Lahore Jinnah calls for a separate Pakistan & an independent India.

23 March 1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Conference of Lahore
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Constitution of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Constitution of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Lahore Resolution
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940
Lahore Resolution
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

1945

25 December 1945
Birth of Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif ยท Pakistan Muslim Party

Birth of Nawaz Sharif

25 December 1945
Birth of Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif ยท Islam

Birth of Nawaz Sharif

1947

30 October 1947
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Muslim League

Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[

30 October 1947
Independence of Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah ยท Islam

Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[

1949

1949
Birth of Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif ยท Pakistan Muslim League

Appointed Party Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League

1949
Birth of Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif ยท Islam

Appointed Party Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League

1965

6 September 1965
Defence of Lahore
Muhammad Musa ยท Indian Wars

Musa Khan directs army operations as Indian forces cross the international border toward Lahore.

1974

22 February 1974
Diplomatic Relations with Bangladesh
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ยท Government of Pakistan

Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh during the Islamic Summit in Lahore.

22 February 1974
Recognition of Bangladesh
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ยท Government of Pakistan

Bhutto's government establishes formal relations with independent Bangladesh.

22 February 1974
Second Islamic Summit
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ยท Government of Pakistan

Pakistan hosts leaders of Muslim states at the Lahore Islamic Summit.

1985

9 April 1985
Chief Minister of Punjab
Nawaz Sharif ยท Government of Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif becomes Chief Minister of Punjab after non-party elections.

1999

21 February 1999
Lahore Declaration
Nawaz Sharif ยท Government of Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif and Atal Bihari Vajpayee sign the Lahore Declaration.

Provenance

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