1962 in Pakistan

1962 in Pakistan

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Decades:	1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	Other events of 1962 List of years in Pakistan

Contents

1 Events
2 See also

Events

March

1 March, President Ayub Khan promulgates a constitution which seeks to reinforce his authority in the absence of martial law.

April

Elections for the national and provincial assembly are held on the basis of Basic Democracies.

July

The National Assembly passes the Political Parties Act, legalizing the formation of political parties.

Both Urdu and Bengali become National Languages. Bengali is mostly spoken in the erstwhile province of East Pakistan, as well as in India's West Bengal province and the disputed territory of Tripura, which is the Bengalis referred to as the Chittagong Plains of East Bengal.

See also