Events in July

1 July
1948: Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated State Bank of Pakistan
1960: Somalia got independence
1970: President Yahya Khan abolished One Unit & established 4 provinces
1977: Friday was announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday

2 July
712: Muhammad bin Qasim entered Debal as conqueror
1972: Simla Pact was signed

4 July
1776: US got independence from UK
1887: Quaid-e-Azam got admission in Sindh Madrassa-tul-Islam
1947: British Govt introduced the Indian Independence 1947 Bill in Parliament

5 July
1891: Quaid-e-Azam got admission in Lincoln's Inns
1962: Algeria got independence from France
1977: General Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in Pakistan

9 July
1948: Pakistan Post issued 1st post stamp

10 July
2007: Lal Masjid operation
2015: Pakistan joined SCO as a permanent member

11 July
1950: Pakistan joined IMF & WB

15 July
1961: Jasmine was chosen as national flower of Pakistan
1990: Pakistan's 1st artificial & 1st digital communication satellite was launched by SUPARCO
2006: Twitter was launched

17 July
2012: Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan founded Tehrik-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan Party

18 July
1947: Indian Independence Act was enacted
1993: Wasim Sajjad & Moin Qureshi took oath as President & Prime Minister of Pakistan respectively

21 July
1969: Neil Armstrong became 1st person to walk on moon

23 July
1952: Egyptian King Faruq was overthrown a revolution led by Muhammad Naguib & Gamal Abdel Nasser

26 July
1943: A Khaksar named Rafiq Sabir Maznavi attacked Quaid-e-Azam with a large knife
1965: Maldives got independence from UK

28 July
1914: World War-I started

30 July
762: Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad

31 July
1960: General Ayub Khan laid the foundation stone of Quaid's Mausoleum

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