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| Constitution Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya |  |
| 29th Mar Through an Ordinance presents an interim Constitution, the Legal Framework Order, a formula according to which the forthcoming elections were to be organized |
| Dec The first general elections in the history of Pakistan are held |
| Constitution Rahman, Mujibur | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| Election Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Dec Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the single largest party from Punjab and Sindh and manages to win 81 National Assembly seats, all from the Western Wing |
| Election Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| Dec The first general elections in the history of Pakistan are held |
| Election Rahman, Mujibur | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| The Awami League demands complete internal autonomy for East Pakistan |
| Dec In Eastern Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Mujibur Rahman, wins 160 out of 162 seats in the Parliament |
| Independence Gandhi, Indira Nehru |  |
| Pakistan is forced to accept the creation of a separate state of Bangladesh in the former eastern province of Pakistan |
| Pakistan reacts by launching a surprise attack on Indian air bases, the attack fails, and India responds with a full-scale attack on East Pakistan, routing the Pakistani army |
| Independence Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| East Pakistan attempts to secede, civil war begins & Bangladesh declares itself independent |
| Independence Rahman, Mujibur | |
| In Eastern Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Mujibur Rahman, wins 160 out of 162 seats in the Parliament |
| The Awami League demands complete internal autonomy for East Pakistan |
| The Pakistani Government resorts to violence to suppress the Awamis, and hundreds of thousands are slaughtered, the Awami leadership fled to India along with millions of refugees and declare the independent state of Bangladesh |
| Invasion of Pakistan Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| Pakistan is forced to accept the creation of a separate state of Bangladesh in the former eastern province of Pakistan |
| Pakistan reacts by launching a surprise attack on Indian air bases, the attack fails, and India responds with a full-scale attack on East Pakistan, routing the Pakistani army |
| Legal Framework Order Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| 29th Mar Through an Ordinance presents an interim Constitution, the Legal Framework Order, a formula according to which the forthcoming elections were to be organized |
| National Assembly Rahman, Mujibur | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |