1947Partition of India and Creation of Pakistan

India gains independence from Britain, and Pakistan is creat...
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🗣️ Mohammad Ali Jinnah Joins All India Muslim League

Mohammad Ali Jinnah joined All India Muslim League.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah Joins All India Muslim League (1913)
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IndiaIndia

🇵🇰 Partition of India and Creation of Pakistan

India gains independence from Britain, and Pakistan is created from the region's Muslim-majority areas under the Leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Disputes over the status of Kashmir leads to the first Indo-Pakistani War; Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan.
Partition of India and Creation of Pakistan (1947)
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IndiaIndiaPakistanPakistan

🇮🇱 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Death of Jinnah

Arab countries attack the new state of Israel and suffer defeat in war with Israel. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are displaced, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah dies in Karachi.
1948 Arab-Israeli War and Death of Jinnah (1948)
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🇧🇩 Bangladesh Liberation War

Bengalis in East Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman begin campaigning for independence from West Pakistan, prompting a heavy-handed military reprisal from Pakistani forces. India enters the conflict, causing the third Indo-Pakistani War which culminates in the creation of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
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⚔️ Kargil War between Pakistan and India

Kargil war breaks out between Pakistan and India. Pakistan's Army loses possession of the peaks that it had occupied as part of Operation Badr in Indian-administered Kashmir. Jockeying for strategic peaks follow after fighting officially ends in late-July 1999, with Indians gaining control of a number of features on the Pakistani side of the LoC viz Point 5310, Point 5070, Anzbari feature, amongst others.
Kargil War between Pakistan and India (1999)
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