1966 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Ayub Khan

• Chief Justice

A.R. Cornelius

Events

January

• 10 January  - Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.^[1]

February

• 5 February  - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.^[2]
  • 11 February  - Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.^[3]

March

• 23 March - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally announces the Six Point Program.

May

• 4 May  - SS Al-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.^[4]

November

• 18 November  - Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.^[5]

December

• 31 December  - After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^{[6] [7]}

Births

January

• 1 January  - Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)^[8]

March

• 2 March  - Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)^[9]

May

• 25 May  - Tina Khan, Bangladeshi actress (d. 1989)^[10]

June

• 3 June  - Wasim Akram, cricketer^[11]
• 22 June  - Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)^[12]

September

• 14 September  - Aamer Sohail, cricketer^[13]

Deaths

April

• 15 April  - Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)^[14]

October

• 13 October  - Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)^[15]

November

• 12 November  - Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)^[16]

December

• December  - Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)^[17]

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1966

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilson . A. Jeyaratnam . A. Jeyaratnam Wilson . Kapur . Ashok . The Foreign Policies of India's Immediate Neighbours A Reflective Interpretation . Diplomatic ideas and practices of Asian states . 1990 . E.J. Brill . 54 . 90-04-09289-7.
2. Book: Khan . Sonia Zaman . The politics and law of democratic transition: caretaker government in Bangladesh . 2018 . Routledge . 978-0-415-31230-1 . 88.
3. Web site: List of Cadet College . Bangladesh Army.
4. Book: Pakistan Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Twenty Years of Pakistan, 1947-1967 . 1967 . Pakistan Publications . 200 . 70361796.
5. Web site: University of Chittagong . Banglapedia . en.
6. Chronology December 1966-February 1967 . Pakistan Horizon . First Quarter 1967 . 20 . 1 . 72 . 41392881.
7. Dutta . Aroma . Aroma Dutta . Making of the Bangladesh State: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali Language Movement and Birth of a Nation . Strategic Analysis . 2 November 2021 . 45 . 6 . 476 . 10.1080/09700161.2021.2001277.
8. Web site: Profile: Mr. Muhammad Tajammal Hussain . Punjab Assembly.
9. News: bn:অবশেষে পৃথিবীর মায়া ত্যাগ করে চলে গেলেন নির্মাতা শাহেদ . Finally the maker Shahed left the illusion of the world . https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2019/03/17/825883.htm . Amader Shomoy . 18 March 2019 . bn.
10. News: Ahmed . Hassan . bn:চক্ষুদান স্বপ্ন, একজন টিনা খান ও একটি নীলচে ডায়েরি . A visionary dream, Tina Khan and a blue diary . https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/ . Channel i . 25 May 2018 . bn.
11. Web site: Wasim Akram Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan . ESPNcricinfo.
12. News: TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi laid to rest in Lahore . The News International . 21 November 2020.
13. Web site: Aamer Sohail Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan . ESPNcricinfo.
14. Web site: Chowdhury, Habibullah Bahar . Banglapedia.
15. Web site: Ibrahim, Justice Muhammad . Banglapedia.
16. News: 57th death anniversary of famous Urdu Ghazal poet Shakeb Jalali observed . The Nation . 13 November 2023.
17. Haq . Moinul S. . Report for the year 1967 . Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society . 1 April 1968 . 16 . 2 . 112.