Pakistan through history

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Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From Western Borders

Assyrian Empire................... 800 BC
Achaemenid Empire........ 530 BC
Alexander of Macedon... 326 BC
Indo-Greeks........................... 206 BC
Scythians.................................... 90 BC
Parthians..................................... 21 AD
Kushans..................................... 45 AD
Huns.......................................... 450 AD
Muslims.................................. 644 AD
Genghis Khan.................... 1221 AD

 

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Two great battles were fought in same area of Punjab, Pakistan but over 2000 years apart.

Battle of Hydaspes between Raja Porus & Alexander in 326 BC
Battle of Chillianwala between Sikhs & British in 1849.

European invaders did not win both the battles.

 

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Natural unity of landmass of Indus Valley Civilisation (Pakistan) served by a single major river valley made Indus Valley Civilisation a contiguous geographical entity. Identified as Meluhha by Mesopotamians, later named Hind, Indos & India & called Pakistan by its own people.

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From the East

Mauryan Empire (323 BC)

Gupta Empire (319 AD)

Rai Dynasty (489 AD)

Harshvardana Empire (606 AD)

Rai Maharath (640 AD)

Rajput (647 AD) Pala Empire (770 AD)

Mahratha (1757 AD)

British (1843 AD)

 

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180 BC Sirkap, part of Taxila city of Pakistan was planned & laid-out almost like 5000 year old planned cities of Harappa/Mohenjodaro & Grecian city planning principles.

Streets cutting at right angles with well aligned blocks of buildings. Was preserved in same manner till end.

 

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Boat bridges for river crossing in Pakistan have been used since 1000s of years:

Assyrians - 800 BC

Alexander - 326 BC

Muhammad Bin Qasim - 712 AD

Amir Taimur - 1398 AD

Mughals - periodically used such bridges

Ranjit Sing - periodically used such bridges

 

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Boat bridges for river crossing in Pakistan have been used since 1000s of years:

Assyrians - 800 BC

Alexander - 326 BC

Muhammad Bin Qasim - 712 AD

Amir Taimur - 1398 AD

Mughals - periodically used such bridges

Ranjit Sing - periodically used such bridges

 

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In 644 AD Buddhist monk Xuanzang wrote, King Ashoka’s son was blinded by courtiers who were exiled & some moved to Khotan, China.

In 1901, Aurel Stein found tablets in Takla Makan, China with same story written in Kharoshti script/Prakrit language spoken in Punjab & KP, Pakistan.

 

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This photograph shows Miangul Abdul Wadud signing the Instrument of Accession enabling Swat to join Pakistan in 1947. On the right are his son Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb, his grandson Miangul Aurangzeb and the Chief Secretary of Swat, Attaullah.

Miangul Abdul Wadud was the Wali of Swat and a descendant of the Akhund of Swat. He was elected Badshah Sahib (king) of Swat by a loya jirga held at Kabal in November 1918, and was recognised by the British authorities as ruler. He ruled from 1918 to 1949, when he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Miangul Jahan Zeb.

As late as 1931, Swat had an area of 18,000 square miles and a population of 216,000. The state was predominantly Muslim, but with a small Hindu presence. Swat’s accession to Pakistan was complicated by its occupation of Kalam shortly before 1947, which was also claimed by Chitral and Dir.

Although Pakistan refused to recognise the occupation, the Wali, hoping to garner Pakistan’s support of Swat’s claim to Kalam, was eager to accede to Pakistan. Miangul Jahanzeb, the last Wali noted that, “with the creation of Pakistan, we immediately joined the new state. We were very patriotic… I talked to the political agent Nawab Shaikh Mehboob Ali over the telephone and told him we were going to sign the Instrument of Accession.”

The Wali executed the Instrument of Accession on November 24, 1947.

 

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British formally occupied Lahore on 30 Mar 1849 & effectively surrounded the city.

They already had troops inside the Fort. Troops were deployed inside walled city, Shahdara, tomb of Jahangir & Noor Jahan, around Minto Park, Shalamar Garden, Ichhra, Mozang & tomb of Qasim Khan.

 

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Though people think Anarkali's tomb was the first church created by British in Lahore, Pakistan.

First church of Lahore in Pakistan was constructed in 1595 near the Lahore Fort, during the Portuguese period when Jesuit missionaries were attending the court of the Mughal Empire.

Reference
Akbar and the Jesuits, An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar by the Jesuit priest Father Pierre Du Jarric and published in France between 1608 and 1614.

 

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A superb collection of posts. Thanks for the history lesson bro

 

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Karachi

 

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An 1860 Photograph Of British Ships Entering Karachi Waters ( Arabian Sea )

 

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BRANCH BANKING IN TWO YEARS OLD PAKISTAN.​

By Raju Jamil

THE 2nd PAKISTAN YEAR BOOK-1949 PAGES. THIS COULD BE THE OLDEST BOOK IN ANYONE’s POSSESSION. MY LATE MOTHER HAD MAINTAINED THIS IN MY FATHER’s LIBRARY SINCE 1949 THE YEAR I WAS BORN. HAVE A LOOK AND ALSO HAVE A LOOK AT THE OLDEST PRESS AD. OF THE THEN FAMOUS LAHORE NEWSPAPER “PAKISTAN TIMES”….

 

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