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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1951, Oct. 16 | |
| Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan was assassinated while addressing a public meeting. On the next day Governor-General Khwaja Nazimuddin assumed leadership of the dominion. | 1 |
| 1953, April 17 | |
| In the face of a growing economic crisis of famine proportions, Governor-General Ghulam Mohammed dismissed the cabinet and Prime Minister Nazimuddin, and named Mohammed Ali, leader of the progressives in the Muslim League Party, as prime minister. | 2 |
| Nov. 2 | |
| The constituent assembly voted to make Pakistan a republic within the Commonwealth. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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