1965 in Pakistan
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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]
