HISTORY OF PAKISTAN SINCE 1947 INCLUDING FOREIGN POLICY POLITICS AND DEFENCE Important events from 1947 to 1958

1. He was the Governor – General of Indo-Pakistan before Mountbatten:
Lord Wavel

2. Mountbatten came to India in
March 1947

3. Mountbatten was an officer in
British Navy

4. Plan for the Separation of Indo Pakistan was announced on
23rd June 1947

5. Election to the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan took place in:
1946

6. The first Cabinet of Pakistan consisted of
7 members.

7. Finance Portfolio in the first Cabinet was held by
Malik Ghulam Muhammad.

8. The Chief Minister of the following province refused to salute the Pakistani flag in 1947:
NWFP

9. CM of NWFP Doctor Khan Sahib was dismissed by Quaid e Azam who was his successor?

10. Chief Minister of the following Province was dismissed by Quaid e Azam
Bengal

11. Approximate population of Pakistan at the inception in 1947 was
7 crores

12. First census of Pakistan was held in
1951

13. Population of west Pakistan in 1951was
34 million

14. The only country to oppose Pakistan’s entrance into the UNO in1947 was Afghanistan

15. Total area of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 was
84,471 sq. miles

16. India stopped the passage of water from the rivers Ravi and Sutluj in
April 1948

17. Madhupur Head works is located on the
river Ravi
18. Ferozpur Head works is located on river
Sutluj

19. Muslim majority Tehsil Zira was handed over to India in Redcliff award it was a tehsil of
Ferozepur District.

21. He was the firsthead of state to visit Pakistan in 1947
Amir of Kuwait

22. Quaid e Azam relief fund was set up in
September 1947

23. At the time of division the cash balances of undivided India stood at about
Rs. 4,000 million

24. India and Pakistan mutually came to an agreement that Pakistan would get
Rs. 750 crore as her share.

25. Only Rs. 200 crors had been paid as an interim installment

26. Referendum in 1947 in NWFP province was held in
July.

27. On 15th August 1947 the state of Junaghadh announced that it had acceded to Pakistan.

28. He was the first Governor of Punjab
Francis Moody.

29. Governor Moody imposed the Governor Rule in Punjab in
January 1949.

30. Pakistan Fund was setup by Quaid in
June 1947.

31. State Bank of Pakistan was inaugurated by Quaid in
July 1948.

32. The initial assets of SBP were equal to
three Crore

33. Karachi was declared Federal area by the legislative Assembly in
May 1948.

34. He was the only Muslim to oppose the Objectives Resolution in the Assembly.
Mian Iftikhar –ud- din

35. “The Myth of Independence” was written by
Z.A. Bhutto

36. Muslim yesterday and today was written by
A.B.Rajput

37. Pakistan’s flag was designed by two brothers and name of one of them is Altaf Hussain.

38. White strip in the flag was added in August 1947. When was moon and star added in the flag
February 1949.

39. Ayub Khoro ministry in Sindh was dissolved by Quaid in
April1948.

40. The Quaid delivered his last message to the nation on:
27th August, 1948.

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