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Ayub Khan's era.
Important Events 1958 - 68
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27 October '58: General Muhammad Musa appointed Commander-in-Chief
31 December '58: Hoarders deposited hidden foreign currency worth 1 billion and 340 million
1958: Mayo School of Arts, Lahore renamed national College of Arts
1958: afghan Transit Trade agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan finalized
8 January '59: First Defence Forces Day celebrated
21 January '59: The fiscal year changed from 1 March-30 April to 1 July - 30 June
24 January '59: The famous land reforms announced
23 February '59: Government announced 'Meat Holiday" on Tuesday - Wednesday
10 April '59: Pilot Officer Younis shoots down an Indian jet that intruded Pak airspace - pilot captured
12 July '59: Miss Shukriya Khanum awarded aviation license, becomes first Pakistani woman pilot
4-9 December '59: Intikhab Alm scores a clean bowled in his very first ball of cricket career in a test match against Australia in Karachi, becomes first Pakistani and eight bowler of the world to achieve this mark
24 February '60: The federal cabinet approves construction of new capital near Rawalpindi - to be named "Islamabad", suggested by Abdul Rehman, Headmaster Town Committee High School, Arifwala
23 March '60: Foundation stone of Minar-e-Pakistan laid by Governor West Pakistan Mr Akhtar Hussain
1 May '60: US spy plane U-2 shot down over Russian airspace, flown from US base near Peshawar
23 May '60: Gama pehalwan dies at Lahore
12 August '60: Rs. 10 prize bonds issued
19 September '60: Indus Basin Water Treaty signed between Pakistan and India
15 July '61: "Chanbeili (Jasmine)" flower declared as the national flower
15 October '61: Bashir Shutarban visits USA and welcomed by US Vice President Mr Johnson
1 March '62: President Ayub announces the '62 National Constitution
24 May '62: Maxwell Prize for Professor Abdus Salam for his services in physics
7 June '62: Pakistan launches its first space satellite "Rahber-e-Awwal" from Sonmiani, Balochistan
17 August '62: State Bank of Pakistan announces new currency notes of Rs. 50 and 100 denomination
1 October '62: A Pakistani soldier on UN mission to Indonesia unfurls UN flag at Arian
23 November '62: President Ayub inaugurates first oil refinery of Pakistan at Karachi
23 February '63: Pakistan dispatches Pakistan made "Ghilaaf-e-Ka'aba" to Saudi Arabia
1 January '64: Government College Lahore celebrates its centenary
1 June '64: Pakistan purchases its first submarine "Ghazi" from USA
21 July '64: RCD formed for regional development between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey
3 April '65: President Ayub visits Moscow - first official visit by a Pakistani head of the state
April '65: Pakistan and India go to war on disputed territories of Ran and Kuch
14 April '65: President Ayub's statue added to Madam Tussaud's museum, London
20 May '65: PIA's Boeing 720-B crashes near Cairo on its inaugural flight - 104 died
5 February '66: Mujib ur Rehman announces his famous Six Points
4 May '66: Indigenously made ship "Al-Abbas" lowered into sea
July '66: PIA installs first IBM-1401 main frame computer in Karachi
14 November '66: Montgomery renamed Sahiwal
14 April '67: Lahore awarded "Hilal-e-Istaqlal" by the President for its contribution during '65 War
6 November '67: Karachi TV station inaugurated
23 November '67: Mangla Dam inaugurated by President Ayub
28 August '68: Shehzadi Sarwat weds Jordanian crown prince Hasan bin Talal
24 September '68: President Ayub inaugurates new building of High Court in Dacca
25 September '68: President Ayub lays foundation stone of Dacca TV station
4 November '68: Earth breaking ceremony of Tarbela Dam
This list is not complete. Some other events like introduction of metric system, building of new canals for irrigation, barrages, Agricultural University etc.

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