History and chronology of Pahlavi in Iran

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Government
Government Persia
House Pahlavi
Military
World War, 2nd

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Commander
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ian Railway
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Rule Mahabad
Siege US Embassy
Succession
Tudeh Party

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Mahabad
Tehran

Pahlavi History of Iran


1878	Birth
Birth of Rezah Shah Pahlavi
1919	Birth
26th Oct Birth of Mohammed Rezah Shah Pahlavi, eldest son of Reza Shah
1921	Commander
Tehran Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1921	Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
21st Feb Appointed Minister of War
1923	Prime Minister
28th Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Persia
1925	Abdication
Oct Appointed Regent
Oct Has parliament depose Ahmad Shah Qajar
1925	Succession
30th Oct Tehran Succeeds as Shah of Iran, overthrows the Kajar Dynasty & is proclaimed Shah
Dec Succeeds as Shah of Iran
1926	Coronation
Crowned Shah of Iran
April Crowned Shah of Shahs
1927	Iranian Railway
Begins the construction of the Trans -Iranian Railway
1932	Prime Minister
28th Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Persia
1933	Diplomacy
Draws Iran closer to Germany
1934	Reform
Opens the 1st regular university
1938	Education
Tehran Graduates from the Tehran Military School
1938	Iranian Railway
The Trans -Iranian Railway is opened
1939	Diplomacy
Sep Iran declares itself neutral
1939	Marriage
Marries a sister of Faroq I of Egypt
1939	Neutrality
Sep Iran declares itself neutral
1941	Abdication
Abdicates in favour of his son Muhammad Reza Pahlevi
The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran
16th Sep Abdicates in order to prevent a Russian invasion
1941	Capture of Tehran
17th Sep Tehran The Allies have occupied Tehran forcing the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son
1941	Invasion of Iran
Russia & Britain invade Iran, because of its close relations to Germany
The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran
Aug Britain invades Iran to aid supplies to Russia
1941	Succession
16th Sep Tehran Succeeds as Shah of Iran
1942	Exile of Pahlavi
16th Sep Moves to Sth Africa
1944	Death
Death of Rezah Shah Pahlavi
1946	Occupation Iran
Russian troops withdraw
1947	Rule of Mahabad
Feb Mahabad The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad falls under control of the Shah
1949	Martial Law
Feb The Shah declares martial law
1949	Plot
An assassination attempt backed by the pro-Russian Tudeh Party
1949	Tudeh Party
The Tudeh Party is banned after a failed assassination attempt
1950	Marriage
Marries Soraya Esfandiari
1951	Nationalization
Mar Mosaddeq passes a bill nationalizing British Petroleum's Iraqi interests
1951	Plot
Tehran Failed assassination attempt, during the uprising led by Mussadeq
1953	Exile of Pahlavi
The USA helps the Shah return to Iran after a 3 day exile
1959	Marriage
Marries Farah Diba
1963	Reform
The Shah introduces land reform, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy
1963	Revolution White
The Shah introduces land reform, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy
1967	Coronation
Crowns himself King of the Kings , Emperor of Iran
1976	Reform
Replaces the Islamic Calendar with an Imperial Calendar
1979	Abdication
16th Jan Tehran Deposed while "on holiday"
16th Jan Tehran Due to inflation, isolation & resistance by an older generation of religious zealots
1979	Exile of Pahlavi
Jan Forced into exile & accepted into the USAfor medical treatment
1979	Health
Jan Suffers from advanced lymphatic cancer & receives treatment in the USA
1979	Siege of US Embassy
4th Nov Tehran Arrives in New York, "Students of Imam's Line" besiege the USAEmbassy
4th Nov Tehran Students demand the return of the Shah for trial
1980	Death
27th July Cairo Death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi