1965 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1965 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ayub Khan
• Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius

Events

January

• 2 January – Incumbent Ayub Khan defeats Fatima Jinnah in the 1965 Pakistani presidential election.

August

• 1 August – The inaugural issue of English-language weekly newspaper Holiday is published in Dacca.

September

• 6 September – Border disputes over Kashmir erupt into full-scale war as Indian forces attack near Lahore.
• 14 September – The Battle of Chawinda commences.
• 23 September – A ceasefire is implemented in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

December

• 21 December – Pakistan's first nuclear research reactor, Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor-I, donated by the United States, reaches criticality.

Births

April

• 3 April – Nazia Hassan, singer (d. 2000)
• 17 April – State of Bengal, British music producer (d. 2015)

May

• 5 May – Rana Shamshad Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2015)

Deaths

January

• 24 January – Ashraf Hussain, Bengali writer (b. 1892)

February

• 9 February – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, educationist, litterateur, Islamic theologian, and social reformer (b. 1873)

March

• 3 March – Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy, Bengali diplomat, poet and art critic (b. 1890)

September

• 6 September – Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, military aviator of Pakistan (b. 1935)

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1965

References