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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.
The history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's official chronology started ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 October 2024. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent. When British rule came to an end in 1947 ...
The political history of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a ...
Dominion of Pakistan. The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, [3] was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, which existed from 14 August 1947 to 23 March 1956. It was created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament. The new dominion consisted of those presidencies and ...
Liaquat Ali Khan becomes the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and Leader of the Pakistani Community also called Quaid-I-Millat (Leader of the Nation) in August 1947. [2] Nearly 10 million people migrate to Pakistan and India. Muslims to Pakistan while Hindus and Sikhs to India. 18 August: The Nawab of Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III, ruler of the ...
India–Pakistan relations. India and Pakistan have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political events, most notably the partition of British India in August 1947. Two years after World War II, the United Kingdom formally dissolved British India, dividing it into two new sovereign nations ...