History of Pakistan: Hindu Kush, Koh-I-Noor, European Influence in Afghanistan, the Great Game, Indian Independence Movement

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 213. Chapters: Parthian Empire, Bangladesh Liberation War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indian independence movement, History of the Punjab, Kabul Shahi, Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2009, East Pakistan, Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent, Greater Iran, Kushan Empire, Greco-Buddhism, History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Durand Line, Chagai-I, Legacy of the Indo-Greeks, Sophagasenus, Bengali Language Movement, Sa igupta, The Great Game, Ghaznavids, Gupta Empire, European influence in Afghanistan, Alexander the Great and the Kambojas, Komedes, Afghan (ethnonym), Khudai Khidmatgar, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Siege of Malakand, Western Satraps. Excerpt: Historical events began to take place in the area of modern day Pakistan before Pakistan's creation in 1947, as a result of partition of India.The first known inhabitants of the modern-day Pakistan region are believed to have been the Soanian (Homo erectus), who settled in the Soan Valley and Riwat 1.9 million years ago. Over the next several thousand years, the region would develop into various civilizations like Mehrgarh and the Indus Valley Civilization. Prior to creation as a modern state in 1947, the country was both ruled by local kings and under various imperial power throughout different time periods. The region's ancient history also includes some of the oldest empires from the subcontinent and some of its major civilizations. Thus, Pakistan is in fact a multi-regional state and not a South Asian state actor only; its history if analyzed in depth would prove the point. By the 18th century the land was incorporated into British India. The political history of the nation began with the birth of the All India Muslim League in 1906 to protect "Muslim interests, amid neglect and under-representation" and to oppose Congress and growing Indian nationalism in return the British Raj would decide to grant local self-rule. On 29 December 1930, Sir Muhammad Iqbal called for an autonomous new state in "northwestern India for Indian Muslims." The League rose to popularity in the late 1930s. Muhammad Ali Jinnah espoused the Two Nation Theory and led the League to adopt the Lahore Resolution of 1940, demanding the formation of independent states in the East and the West of British India. Eventually, a united Pakistan with its wings - West Pakistan and East Pakistan - gained independence from the British, on 14 August 1947. After a civil war, the Bengal region of East Pakistan, separated at a considerable distance from the rest of Pakistan, became the independent state of Bangladesh in 1971. Pakistan declared itself an Islamic republic on adoption of a constitution in 1956,