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Events from the year 1965 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

2 January – Incumbent Ayub Khan defeats Fatima Jinnah in the 1965 Pakistani presidential election.^[1]

August

1 August – The inaugural issue of English-language weekly newspaper Holiday is published in Dacca.^[2]

September

6 September – Border disputes over Kashmir erupt into full-scale war as Indian forces attack near Lahore.^[3]^[4]
14 September – The Battle of Chawinda commences.^[5]
23 September – A ceasefire is implemented in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.^[6]

December

21 December – Pakistan's first nuclear research reactor, Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor-I, donated by the United States, reaches criticality.^[7]^[8]

Births

April

3 April – Nazia Hassan, singer (d. 2000)^[9]
17 April – State of Bengal, British music producer (d. 2015)^[10]

May

5 May – Rana Shamshad Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2015)^[11]

Deaths

January

24 January – Ashraf Hussain, Bengali writer (b. 1892)^[12]

February

9 February – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, educationist, litterateur, Islamic theologian, and social reformer (b. 1873)^[13]

March

3 March – Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy, Bengali diplomat, poet and art critic (b. 1890)^[14]

September

6 September – Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, military aviator of Pakistan (b. 1935)^[15]

References

^ Sengupta, Nitish K. (2011). Land of two rivers: a history of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-14-341678-4.
^ "Holiday". Library of Congress Catalog.
^ Jalal, Ayesha (2014). The struggle for Pakistan: a Muslim homeland and global politics. The Belknap Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-674-05289-5.
^ Roy, Tathagata (2002). My People, Uprooted: A Saga of the Hindus of Eastern Bengal. Ratna Prakashan. p. 210. ISBN 81-85709-67-X.
^ Singh, Harbaksh (2013). War Despatches: Indo–Pak Conflict 1965. Lancer. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-935501-59-6.
^ Siddiqui, Kalim (1972). Conflict, Crisis and War in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-349-01341-8.
^ Chakma, Bhumitra (October 2002). "Road to Chagai: Pakistan's Nuclear Programme, Its Sources and Motivations". Modern Asian Studies. 36 (4): 877. JSTOR 3876477.
^ Khan, Feroz Hassan (2012). Eating grass: the making of the Pakistani bomb. Stanford Security Studies. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8047-7600-4.
^ Kumar, Jai (23 August 2000). "Nazia Hassan". The Guardian.
^ Ritu, DJ (10 January 2019). "Zaman, Saifullah Arun [Sam; known as State of Bengal] (1965–2015), music producer, composer, and teacher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110577.
^ "Profile: Ch. Shamshad Ahmad Khan". Punjab Assembly.
^ "Hossain, Sahityaratna Munshi Ashraf". Banglapedia.
^ "Ahsanullah, Khan Bahadur". Banglapedia.
^ "Shahid Suhrawardy: 1890-1965". Pakistan Horizon. 61 (1/2): 165. January–April 2008. JSTOR 23726022.
^ "Birth Anniversary of Sq. Ld. Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui being observed". Radio Pakistan.

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[1] Sengupta, Nitish K. (2011). Land of two rivers: a history of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-14-341678-4.

[2] "Holiday". Library of Congress Catalog.

[3] Jalal, Ayesha (2014). The struggle for Pakistan: a Muslim homeland and global politics. The Belknap Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-674-05289-5.

[4] Roy, Tathagata (2002). My People, Uprooted: A Saga of the Hindus of Eastern Bengal. Ratna Prakashan. p. 210. ISBN 81-85709-67-X.

[5] Singh, Harbaksh (2013). War Despatches: Indo–Pak Conflict 1965. Lancer. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-935501-59-6.

[6] Siddiqui, Kalim (1972). Conflict, Crisis and War in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-349-01341-8.

[7] Chakma, Bhumitra (October 2002). "Road to Chagai: Pakistan's Nuclear Programme, Its Sources and Motivations". Modern Asian Studies. 36 (4): 877. JSTOR 3876477.

[8] Khan, Feroz Hassan (2012). Eating grass: the making of the Pakistani bomb. Stanford Security Studies. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8047-7600-4.

[9] Kumar, Jai (23 August 2000). "Nazia Hassan". The Guardian.

[10] Ritu, DJ (10 January 2019). "Zaman, Saifullah Arun [Sam; known as State of Bengal] (1965–2015), music producer, composer, and teacher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110577.

[11] "Profile: Ch. Shamshad Ahmad Khan". Punjab Assembly.

[12] "Hossain, Sahityaratna Munshi Ashraf". Banglapedia.

[13] "Ahsanullah, Khan Bahadur". Banglapedia.

[14] "Shahid Suhrawardy: 1890-1965". Pakistan Horizon. 61 (1/2): 165. January–April 2008. JSTOR 23726022.

[15] "Birth Anniversary of Sq. Ld. Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui being observed". Radio Pakistan.

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1965 in Pakistan

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

August

September

December

Births

April

May

Deaths

January

February

March

September

See also

References