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Partition of India & Creation of Pakistan
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Benazir Bhutto is born
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Pakistan Peoples Party Created
founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Benazir's father) -
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Indo-Pakistani War
East Pakistan attempts to leave Pakistan, leading to civil war. India intervenes to support East Pakistanis which leads to Pakistan creating a war with India. In the end, East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh. -
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto becomes 4th President of Pakistan
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto becomes 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Benazir Bhutto graduates from Oxford University
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General Muhammad Zia ul-Hak overthrows Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
General Muhammed Zia ul-Hak declares martial law in Pakistan. -
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed
Zulfikar Bhutto was executed due to his decision to murder a political opponent two years as prime minister in a military coup. His family (including Benazir) are exiled to the United Kingdom -
Benazir Bhutto leads Pakistan Peoples Party
Benazir Bhutto returns from exile in London to lead the Pakistan Peoples Party, founded by her father. -
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Benazir Bhutto becomes the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan
Following the death of General Zia Benazir Bhutto, at the age of 35 Benazir Bhutto becomes the first female prime minister of a muslum nation. -
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto's government
President Khan did this due to Bhutto's failure to control corruption and ethic violence. Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister. -
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign.
They both resign due to military pressure. -
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Benazir Bhutto is prime minister for the second time
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Benazir Bhutto's brother Murtaza Bhutto dies
Murtaza dies in a gun battle with police in Karachi. -
President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto's government.
President Farooq dismisses her second administration amid accusations of nepotism and undermining the justice system. -
rime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf
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Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
She narrowly escapes a suicide bombing that kills nearly 140 people during a homecoming procession in Karachi. -
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Benazir Bhutto is put under house arrest
She is put under house arrest to keep her from speaking at a rally to protest Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule and the urgency for him to resign -
Benazir Bhutto is assassinated
After Bhutto addresses thousands of supporters in Rawalpindi, she is killed when a gunman opens fire and a suicide bomb explodes
