1964 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

• President

Ayub Khan

• Chief Justice

A.R. Cornelius

Events

January

• 2 January  - Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months.^{[1] [2]}
• 6 January  - The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.^{[3] [4]}

April

• 11 April  - A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people.^[5]
• 29 April  - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China.^{[6] [7]}

June

• 1 June  - Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi.^{[8] [9]}

July

• 22 July  - The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).^[10]

August

• 29 August  - President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club.^[11]

September

• 25 September  - The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association.

October

• 23 October
  • Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal.^[12]
  • Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes.^[13]

November

• 26 November  - The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by Nippon Electric Company.^[14]

Births

February

• 7 February  - Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021)^[15]
• 10 February  - Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998)^[16]

March

• 15 March  - Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023)^[17]
• 20 March  - Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015)^[18]

April

• 14 April  - Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008)^[19]

May

• 11 May  - Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990)^{[20] [21]}

August

• 4 August  - Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020)^[22]
• 14 August  - Hussain Shah Syed, boxer^[23]

October

• 18 October  - Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975)^[24]

November

• 6 November  - Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)^[25]

December

• 24 December  - Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeper^[26]

Deaths

April

• 10 April  - Shamsunnahar Mahmud, politician (b. 1908)^[27]

October

• 2 October  - Nur Ahmed, politician (b. 1890)^[28]
• 3 October  - Harendra Kumar Sur, politician (b. 1893)^[29]
• 5 October  - Birat Chandra Mandal, politician (b. 1893/1894)
• 13 October  - Golam Mostofa, Bengali poet and writer (b. 1897)^[30]
• 22 October  - Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1894)^[31]

December

• 23 December  - Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, educator (b. 1889/1890)^{[32] [33]}

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1964

Notes and References

1. Book: Ghosh . Papiya . Papiya Ghosh . Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Extending the Subcontinent . 2014 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-317-80966-1 . 16.
2. Book: Ispahani . Farahnaz . Farahnaz Ispahani . Purifying the land of the pure: a history of Pakistan's religious minorities . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-062165-0 . 64–65.
3. Braibanti . Ralph . Ralph Braibanti . Pakistan: Constitutional Issues in 1964 . Asian Survey . 1 February 1965 . 5 . 2 . 85–86 . 10.2307/2642484 . 2642484.
4. Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964 . Middle East Journal . Spring 1964 . 18 . 2 . 227 . 4323704.
5. Book: Grazulis . T. P. . Thomas P. Grazulis . The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm . 2001 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0-8061-3258-7 . 258.
6. News: P.I.A. Opens China Service . The New York Times . 30 April 1964.
7. Web site: History . Pakistan International Airlines.
8. Book: Hiranandani . G. M. . Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani . Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975 . 2000 . Lancer Publishers . 978-1-897829-72-1 . 108.
9. Book: Goldrick . James . James Goldrick . No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 . 1997 . Lancer Publishers . 978-1-897829-02-8 . 30.
10. Yeşilbursa . Behçet Kemal . The Formation of RCD: Regional Cooperation for Development . Middle Eastern Studies . July 2009 . 45 . 4 . 642 . 10.1080/00263200903009759.
11. President Ayub Opens Chittagong Press Club . Progress of the Month . 1964 . 17 . 9712521.
12. Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964 . 2 . Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad . 413–414.
13. Web site: History & Activities . Eastern Tubes Limited.
14. Book: French . David . Richards . Michael . Television in contemporary Asia . 2000 . Sage . 978-0-7619-9469-5 . 349.
15. Web site: Nadir Shah Profile - Cricket Player Bangladesh . ESPNcricinfo.
16. Book: Eldridge . Thomas R. . Ginsburg . Susan . Hempel . Walter T. II . Kephart . Janice L. . Moore . Kelly . 9/11 and Terrorist Travel . 2004 . Government Publishing Office . 215–216.
17. News: Khan . Kiran . MQM-P's Kunwar Naveed Jamil dies after protracted illness . The News International . 17 August 2023 . en.
18. News: Folk singer Sadiq Fakeer dies in KSA road accident . The Nation . 28 February 2015.
19. News: Shazu . Shah Alam . Silver screen heroes who left shining legacies behind . The Daily Star . 11 May 2020.
20. Web site: Haseeb-ul-Hasan . Pakistan Cricket Board . 2024-02-16.
21. Web site: Obituaries in 1990 . ESPNcricinfo . https://web.archive.org/web/20120922122947/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228713.html . 2012-09-22.
22. Web site: Member Profile: Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Baloch . Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
23. News: Hussain Shah - The boxing icon who won Olympic medal for Pakistan in 1988 . Daily Times . 20 August 2017.
24. News: Sheikh Russel's 52nd birthday today . The Daily Star . Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . 18 October 2016 . en.
25. News: AL MP Dipu laid to rest . Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . 21 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219091200/http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=378238$date=2013-12-21&dateCurrent=2013-12-25 . 2018-02-19.
26. Web site: Shahid Ali Khan . Sports Reference . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203103615/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/shahid-ali-khan-1.html . 2016-12-03.
27. Web site: Mahmud, Shamsunnahar . Banglapedia.
28. Web site: Ahmad, Nur . Banglapedia . en.
29. News: The death occurred of . Calcutta Municipal Gazette . 1964 . 81.
30. News: Poet Golam Mustafa's ancestral house in ruins: 50th death anniversary observed . The Financial Express . Dhaka . 14 October 2014.
31. Web site: Nazimuddin, Khwaja . Banglapedia.
32. News: 24 December 1964 . Principal Abdur Rahman passes away . The Pakistan Observer . 1, 8.
33. Web site: Khan, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman2 . Banglapedia.