rawalpindi became the temporary capital of pakistan in 1958.
when did rawalpindi became the temporary capital of pakistan?
1958
in 1951, the rawalpindi conspiracy took place in which leftist army officers conspired to depose the first elected prime minister of pakistan, liaquat ali khan. rawalpindi later became the site of the liaquat ali khan's assassination, in what is now known as liaquat bagh park. in 1958, field marshal ayub khan launched his "coup d'etat" from rawalpindi. in 1959, the city became the interim capital of the country under ayub khan, who had sought the creation of a new planned capital of islamabad in the vicinity of rawalpindi. as a result, rawalpindi saw most major central government offices and institutions relocate to nearby territory, and its population rapidly expand.
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rawalpindi division was one of the administrative subdivisions of punjab province, pakistan, forming part of the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels. divisions were composed of districts which formed the fourth tier of government, but the local government reform of 2000 abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government





























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following the british conquest of the region in 1849, the area around rawalpindi became a division of the punjab province of british india, primarily because of the strategic location of the city of rawalpindi.
rawalpindi division