Moses-like leader; whilst many other founding fathers of the nation-state also occupy extremely respected places in the hearts of the people of Pakistan. Timeline 1849 Annexation of the Punjab 1850 Urdu becomes the official language in all of the west Pakistan provinces, excluding Sindh 1857 War of Independence 1878 Formation of Thamratut-Tarbiyat by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi 1885 Formation of the Indian National Congress 1901 Partition of Punjab 1905 Partition of Bengal 1906 Simla Deputation 1906 Founding of the All-India Muslim League 1909 Formation of Jamiatul Ansar 1909 Minto–Morley Reforms 1911 Annulment of the Partition of Bengal 1913 Formation of Nizaratul Ma'arif al-Qur'ānia 1913–20 Silk Letter Movement 1914–18 World War I 1916 Lucknow Pact 1919 Formation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms 1919 Rowlatt Act 1919–22 Khilafat Movement 1922–29 Hindu–Muslim riots 1927 Delhi Muslim proposals 1928 Nehru Report 1928 Simon Comission 1929 Fourteen Points of Jinnah 1929 Formation of Majilis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam 1930 Separation of a strong Punjabi group from congress 1930 Allama Iqbal Address 1931 Kashmir Resistance movement 1930–32 Round Table Conferences 1932 Communal Award (1932) 1933 Pakistan National Movement 1933 Pakistan Declaration / Now or Never Pamphlet 1935 Government of India Act 1937 Elections 1937–39 Congress Rule in 7 out of 11 Provinces 1937 Strong anti congress governments in Punjab and Bengal 1938 Madani–Iqbal debate 1938 A. K. Fazlul Huq of Bengal joined Muslim League 1938 Jinah Sikandar pact 1938 Pirpur Report 1939-45 World War II 1939 Resignation of congress ministries and non-congress power players got golden chance 1940 Pakistan Resolution 1940 19 March Khaksar Massacre in Lahore 1942 India Movement and non congress players further got space 1942 Cripps Mission 1944 Gandhi-Jinnah Talks 1945 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1945 Simla Conference 1946 The Cabinet Mission the last British effort to united India 1946 Direct Action Day in the aftermath of cabinet mission plan 1946 Interim Government installed in office 1946 Quit Kashmir campaign as the formation of the interim government of Azad Kashmir 1947 June 3 Partition Plan 1947 Creation of Pakistan Notable quotations Allama Iqbal: Choudhry Rahmat Ali: Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Founding Fathers and Mothers Choudhry Rahmat Ali Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Iqbal Ashraf Ali Thanwi Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Zafar Ahmad Usmani Aga Khan III Liaquat Ali Khan Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Jogendra Nath Mandal A. K. Fazlul Huq Ghulam Bhik Nairang Khwaja Nazimuddin Jalal-ud-din Jalal Baba Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi