Events in August


1 August
1960: Islamabad was declared the capital of Pakistan

3 August
1991: Kawish newspaper began publishing

6 August
1945: US dropped bomb on Hiroshima
1976: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto laid the foundation stone of Port Qasim
1990: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi took oath as 1st Care-taker Prime Minister of Pakistan

7 August
1954: Pakistan government approved the National Anthem written by Hafeez Jalandhri
1955: Iskander Mirza took oath as 4th Governor-General of Pakistan

8 August
1942: Quit India Movement was launched by Gandhi

9 August
1945: US dropped bomb at Nagasaki

10 August
1928: Nehru Report was prepared by Motilal Nehru

11 August
1955: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali took oath as 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan

14 August
1947: Pakistan joined Commonwealth of Nations
1958: Ibrat newspaper began publishing
1974: Constitution 1973 was enforced, Fazal Elahi Chaudhry & Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took oath as President & Prime Minister of Pakistan respectively
2002: Geo channel was launched

15 August
1947: Quaid-e-Azam & Liaquat Ali Khan took oath as 1st Governor-General & Prime Minister of Pakistan respectively
1971: Bahrain got independence from United Kingdom

16 August
1932: Communal Award was made by British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald

17 August
1947: Radcliffe Line was published as a boundary demarcation line between India & Pakistan

18 August
2008: Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath as President of Pakistan

20 August
1828: Brahmo Samaj was founded

22 August
1966: Asian Development Bank was founded

25 August
1941: Habib Bank Limited was founded

26 August
1941: Jamat-e-Islami was founded by Abul Ala Maudoodi

29 August
2004: Shaukat Aziz took oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan

30 August
1986: National Peoples Party was founded by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi

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