- Mir Mehrab Khan becomes Khan of Balochistan
Khan Mir Mehrab Khan begins his rule over Balochistan.
- Afghan army withdraws from Mangochar
After Khan Mehrab Khan gives asylum to the exiled Afghan ruler Shah Shuja Durrani, an Afghan army marches on Balochistan and withdraws from Mangochar without a fight.
- Tribal revolt in Kachhi ends
Khan Mehrab Khan marches to Kachhi; the rebelling tribal leaders surrender.
- Revolt in Kech subdued
Qasim Gichki declares independence in part of Kech; Sardar Faqir Muhammad Bizenjo ends the revolt and Qasim Gichki surrenders.
- Khan Mehrab Khan refuses the British passage
The British send a force under Alexander Burnes to restore Shah Shuja Durrani in Kabul; Khan Mehrab Khan refuses to let it pass through Balochistan.
- British attack on Kalat; Khan Mehrab Khan martyred
British forces attack Kalat. Khan Mehrab Khan Baloch is martyred with many of his companions.
- Young Baloch founded
Waja Abdul Aziz Kurd founds Young Baloch, the first Baloch political organisation.
- Anjuman-e-Ittihad-e-Balochan founded
Founded by Waja Abdul Aziz Kurd and Waja Yousaf Aziz Magsi.
- Yousaf Aziz Magsi dies in the earthquake
Waja Yousaf Aziz Magsi dies in the earthquake; after Waja Abdul Aziz Kurd’s arrest the Anjuman falls apart.
- Kalat State National Party founded in Sibi
Waja Abdul Aziz Kurd is elected president.
- First revolutionary poem in Balochi published
Mohammad Hussain Unqa publishes the first revolutionary poem in the Balochi language.
- Kalat State National Party wins the Kalat State elections
Its candidates, standing as independents, win 39 of the 51 seats.
- Balochistan declares independence
The Khan of Kalat, Mir Ahmad Yar Khan, declares Balochistan independent of British rule.
- British troops leave Balochistan
British troops and officers officially withdraw from Balochistan.
- Accession of Kharan, Bela and Kech to Pakistan declared
Dissident tribal chiefs declare the accession of Kharan, Bela and Kech to Pakistan, without constitutional authority.
- Pakistan’s army invades Balochistan and attacks Kalat
The Pakistani army, led by the British General Sir Douglas Gracey, invades Balochistan and attacks Kalat.
- Prince Agha Abdul Karim begins armed resistance
Rejecting the annexation, Prince Agha Abdul Karim Ahmedzai launches an armed struggle from Sarlat.
- Prince Karim and 142 companions arrested
Promised an amnesty if he laid down arms, Prince Karim complies; Pakistan’s army then arrests him and 142 companions.
- National Awami Party founded
The National Awami Party (NAP) is founded under Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.
- Armed resistance
The Baloch nation takes up an armed guerrilla struggle.
- Baloch Students Educational Organization founded
Founded in Karachi, with Changez Aalyani as its first chairman.
- Baloch Students Organization (BSO) formed
The BSEO becomes the BSO; Dr Abdul Hai Baloch is its first chairman and Bezen Baloch its secretary-general.
- BSO chairman Dr Abdul Hai Baloch elected
Nominated by NAP, Dr Abdul Hai Baloch wins in the general elections.
- First nationalist government of Balochistan
A government led by Waja Attaullah Mengal is formed.
- Armed resistance
The Baloch nation again takes up an armed guerrilla struggle.
- Mengal government dismissed; leaders arrested
Bhutto’s government dismisses the Mengal government; Waja Attaullah Mengal, Waja Ghous Bakhsh Bizenjo and other leaders are arrested.
- Balochistan National Youth Movement founded
Former BSO members found the BNYM, with Dr Abdul Hai Baloch as its first convener.
- Shaheed Fida Ahmed Baloch martyred
- BNYM becomes the Balochistan National Movement (BNM)
At its first convention, at Shaheed Nawab Nauroz Khan Stadium in Shaal, the BNYM takes the name Balochistan National Movement.
- BNM Mengal faction joins in forming the BNP
The BNM Mengal faction merges with others to form the Balochistan National Party.
- BNM Hai merges into the National Party
BNM Hai merges with the Balochistan National Democratic Party to create the National Party.
- “BNM continues”: Ghulam Mohammad and Lala Munir reject the merger
Shaheed Ghulam Mohammad Baloch and Shaheed Lala Munir Baloch announce at a press conference that the BNM continues.
- New leadership sworn in
After the party session of 30 April to 2 May elects new leadership, the oath is taken in Shaal on the 16th anniversary of Shaheed Fida Ahmed’s martyrdom.
- Ghulam Mohammad and Sher Mohammad arrested in Karachi
Arrested during a protest in Karachi and forcibly disappeared.
- Ghulam Mohammad Baloch released on bail
His arrest had been shown at Khuzdar police station on 20 September 2007 after months of enforced disappearance.
- Eighth National Council session in Malir, Karachi
- Ghulam Mohammad, Lala Munir and Sher Mohammad abducted in Turbat
Shaheed Waja Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Shaheed Lala Munir Baloch and Shaheed Sher Mohammad Baloch are abducted from their lawyer’s office in Turbat.
- Their bodies found in Murgaap
The mutilated bodies of the three leaders are found in Murgaap.
- Motto “Freedom, Equality and Justice” adopted
Adopted on the proposal of Shaheed Dr Mannan Baloch.
- Ideological line for an independent Balochistan
BNM sets out its ideological line for an independent Balochistan; Dr Mannan Baloch is elected Secretary-General.
- Constitution amended; current leadership elected