1964 in Pakistan

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Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Events

January

2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months.^[1]^[2]
6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.^[3]^[4]

Karachi–Shanghai flights were made by PIA Boeing 720Bs like this one at London Heathrow.

April

11 April – A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people.^[5]
29 April – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China.^[6]^[7]

June

1 June – Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi.^[8]^[9]

Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed on Regional Cooperation for Development.

July

22 July – The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).^[10]

August

29 August – President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club.^[11]

September

25 September – The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association.^[3]

Pakistan won the silver medal in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

October

23 October
- Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal.^[12]
- Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes.^[13]

November

26 November – The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by Nippon Electric Company.^[14]

Births

February

7 February – Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021)^[15]
10 February – Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998)^[16]

March

15 March – Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023)^[17]
20 March – Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015)^[18]

April

14 April – Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008)^[19]

May

11 May – Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990)^[20]^[21]

August

4 August – Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020)^[22]
14 August – Hussain Shah Syed, boxer^[23]

October

18 October – Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975)^[24]

November

6 November – Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)^[25]

December

24 December – Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeper^[26]

Deaths

April

10 April – Shamsunnahar Mahmud, politician (b. 1908)^[27]

October

2 October – Nur Ahmed, politician (b. 1890)^[28]
3 October – Harendra Kumar Sur, politician (b. 1893)^[29]
5 October – Birat Chandra Mandal, politician (b. 1893/1894)^[29]
13 October – Golam Mostofa, Bengali poet and writer (b. 1897)^[30]
22 October – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1894)^[31]

December

23 December – Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, educator (b. 1889/1890)^[32]^[33]

References

^ Ghosh, Papiya (2014). Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Extending the Subcontinent. Taylor & Francis. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-317-80966-1.
^ Ispahani, Farahnaz (2017). Purifying the land of the pure: a history of Pakistan's religious minorities. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0-19-062165-0.
^ ^a ^b Braibanti, Ralph (1 February 1965). "Pakistan: Constitutional Issues in 1964". Asian Survey. 5 (2): 85–86. doi:10.2307/2642484. JSTOR 2642484.
^ "Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964". Middle East Journal. 18 (2): 227. Spring 1964. JSTOR 4323704.
^ Grazulis, T. P. (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8061-3258-7.
^ "P.I.A. Opens China Service". The New York Times. 30 April 1964.
^ "History". Pakistan International Airlines.
^ Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975. Lancer Publishers. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-897829-72-1.
^ Goldrick, James (1997). No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996. Lancer Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-897829-02-8.
^ Yeşilbursa, Behçet Kemal (July 2009). "The Formation of RCD: Regional Cooperation for Development". Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (4): 642. doi:10.1080/00263200903009759.
^ "President Ayub Opens Chittagong Press Club". Progress of the Month. 1964. p. 17. OCLC 9712521.
^ The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964. Vol. 2. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. pp. 413–414.
^ "History & Activities". Eastern Tubes Limited.
^ French, David; Richards, Michael, eds. (2000). Television in contemporary Asia. Sage. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-7619-9469-5.
^ "Nadir Shah Profile - Cricket Player Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo.
^ Eldridge, Thomas R.; Ginsburg, Susan; Hempel, Walter T. II; Kephart, Janice L.; Moore, Kelly (2004). 9/11 and Terrorist Travel (PDF). Government Publishing Office. pp. 215–216.
^ Khan, Kiran (17 August 2023). "MQM-P's Kunwar Naveed Jamil dies after protracted illness". The News International.
^ "Folk singer Sadiq Fakeer dies in KSA road accident". The Nation. 28 February 2015.
^ Shazu, Shah Alam (11 May 2020). "Silver screen heroes who left shining legacies behind". The Daily Star.
^ "Haseeb-ul-Hasan". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Obituaries in 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22.
^ "Member Profile: Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Baloch". Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
^ "Hussain Shah - The boxing icon who won Olympic medal for Pakistan in 1988". Daily Times. 20 August 2017.
^ "Sheikh Russel's 52nd birthday today". The Daily Star. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 18 October 2016.
^ "AL MP Dipu laid to rest". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.
^ "Shahid Ali Khan". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
^ "Mahmud, Shamsunnahar". Banglapedia.
^ "Ahmad, Nur". Banglapedia.
^ ^a ^b "The death occurred of". Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Vol. 81. 1964.
^ "Poet Golam Mustafa's ancestral house in ruins: 50th death anniversary observed". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 14 October 2014.
^ "Nazimuddin, Khwaja". Banglapedia.
^ "Principal Abdur Rahman passes away". The Pakistan Observer. 24 December 1964. pp. 1, 8.
^ "Khan, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman2". Banglapedia.

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[1] Ghosh, Papiya (2014). Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Extending the Subcontinent. Taylor & Francis. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-317-80966-1.

[2] Ispahani, Farahnaz (2017). Purifying the land of the pure: a history of Pakistan's religious minorities. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0-19-062165-0.

[Braibanti1965-3] Braibanti, Ralph (1 February 1965). "Pakistan: Constitutional Issues in 1964". Asian Survey. 5 (2): 85–86. doi:10.2307/2642484. JSTOR 2642484.

[4] "Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964". Middle East Journal. 18 (2): 227. Spring 1964. JSTOR 4323704.

[5] Grazulis, T. P. (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8061-3258-7.

[6] "P.I.A. Opens China Service". The New York Times. 30 April 1964.

[7] "History". Pakistan International Airlines.

[8] Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975. Lancer Publishers. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-897829-72-1.

[9] Goldrick, James (1997). No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996. Lancer Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-897829-02-8.

[10] Yeşilbursa, Behçet Kemal (July 2009). "The Formation of RCD: Regional Cooperation for Development". Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (4): 642. doi:10.1080/00263200903009759.

[11] "President Ayub Opens Chittagong Press Club". Progress of the Month. 1964. p. 17. OCLC 9712521.

[12] The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964. Vol. 2. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. pp. 413–414.

[13] "History & Activities". Eastern Tubes Limited.

[14] French, David; Richards, Michael, eds. (2000). Television in contemporary Asia. Sage. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-7619-9469-5.

[15] "Nadir Shah Profile - Cricket Player Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo.

[16] Eldridge, Thomas R.; Ginsburg, Susan; Hempel, Walter T. II; Kephart, Janice L.; Moore, Kelly (2004). 9/11 and Terrorist Travel (PDF). Government Publishing Office. pp. 215–216.

[17] Khan, Kiran (17 August 2023). "MQM-P's Kunwar Naveed Jamil dies after protracted illness". The News International.

[18] "Folk singer Sadiq Fakeer dies in KSA road accident". The Nation. 28 February 2015.

[19] Shazu, Shah Alam (11 May 2020). "Silver screen heroes who left shining legacies behind". The Daily Star.

[20] "Haseeb-ul-Hasan". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

[21] "Obituaries in 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22.

[22] "Member Profile: Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Baloch". Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

[23] "Hussain Shah - The boxing icon who won Olympic medal for Pakistan in 1988". Daily Times. 20 August 2017.

[24] "Sheikh Russel's 52nd birthday today". The Daily Star. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 18 October 2016.

[25] "AL MP Dipu laid to rest". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.

[26] "Shahid Ali Khan". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.

[27] "Mahmud, Shamsunnahar". Banglapedia.

[28] "Ahmad, Nur". Banglapedia.

[obituaries-29] "The death occurred of". Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Vol. 81. 1964.

[30] "Poet Golam Mustafa's ancestral house in ruins: 50th death anniversary observed". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 14 October 2014.

[31] "Nazimuddin, Khwaja". Banglapedia.

[32] "Principal Abdur Rahman passes away". The Pakistan Observer. 24 December 1964. pp. 1, 8.

[33] "Khan, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman2". Banglapedia.

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1964 in Pakistan

Incumbents

Events

January

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

Births

February

March

April

May

August

October

November

December

Deaths

April

October

December

See also

References