1966 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Ayub Khan
- A.R. Cornelius
Events
January
- 10 January – Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[1]
February
- 5 February – Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.[3]
- 11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.[4]
March
- 23 March - Six Point Program.
May
- 4 May – SS Al-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.[5]
November
- 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.[6]
December
- 31 December – After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[7][8]
Births
January
- 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)[9]
March
- 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)[10]
May
June
- 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer[12]
- 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)[13]
September
- 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer[14]
Deaths
April
- 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)[15]
October
- 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)[16]
November
- 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)[17]
December
- December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)[18]
See also
References
- ISBN 90-04-09289-7.
- OCLC 24300969.
- ISBN 978-0-415-31230-1.
- ^ "List of Cadet College". Bangladesh Army.
- OCLC 70361796.
- ^ "University of Chittagong". Banglapedia.
- JSTOR 41392881.
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- ^ "Profile: Mr. Muhammad Tajammal Hussain". Punjab Assembly.
- ^ অবশেষে পৃথিবীর মায়া ত্যাগ করে চলে গেলেন নির্মাতা শাহেদ [Finally the maker Shahed left the illusion of the world]. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 18 March 2019.
- ^ Ahmed, Hassan (25 May 2018). চক্ষুদান স্বপ্ন, একজন টিনা খান ও একটি নীলচে ডায়েরি [A visionary dream, Tina Khan and a blue diary]. Channel i (in Bengali).
- ^ "Wasim Akram Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi laid to rest in Lahore". The News International. 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Aamer Sohail Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Chowdhury, Habibullah Bahar". Banglapedia.
- ^ "Ibrahim, Justice Muhammad". Banglapedia.
- ^ "57th death anniversary of famous Urdu Ghazal poet Shakeb Jalali observed". The Nation. 13 November 2023.
- ^ Haq, Moinul S. (1 April 1968). "Report for the year 1967". Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. 16 (2): 112.
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