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Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized: Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan.It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj between the 14th and 15th August 1947.
Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House , on the eve of India's Independence , towards midnight on 14 ...
National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military. [291] [292] [293] Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592. [294] Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947. [34]
1947 – On the night of 14 August 1947, a group of Indian Boy Scouts were in France when the news reached them that their country had become independent. Mohammad Iqbal Qureshi was one of the Muslim boy scouts who with the help of his friends turned a green turban into a Pakistani flag and unfurled it. 15 August 1947 was the first time when ...
Independence Day: 13 August: 1960 [31] Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. [15] Chad: Republic Day: 28 November: 1958 [32] Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community. [33] Independence Day: 11 August: 1960 Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. [15] Chile
It is a monument of national significance; each year on India's independence day, observed on August 15, the Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a speech from its ramparts, which is broadcast nationwide. [47] The fort also appears on the back of the ₹ 500 note of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series of the Indian ...
By ANDREW TAVANI As September and the final three weeks of summer get underway, look back on the month of August in photos. The August collection has a particular summer flavor to it -- a beluga ...
On 14 August 1947 (27th of Ramadan in 1366 of the Islamic Calendar) Pakistan gained independence. India gained independence the following day. India gained independence the following day. Two of the provinces of British India , Punjab and Bengal , were divided along religious lines by the Radcliffe Commission .