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  2. History of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The History of Pakistan precedes the country's independence in 1947. [ 1 ] Although Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent country by the British [ 2 ] through the partition of British India, the history of Pakistan extends much further back and is intertwined with that of Afghanistan, India, and Iran.

  3. Cinema of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    In 1947, after Pakistan was created out of British India, Lahore became the hub of cinema in Pakistan. [15] By 1947 there were around 80 cinemas in East Bengal . In March 1948, when the Governor-General of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah came to visit East Bengal , the radio broadcaster and filmmaker Nazir Ahmed was commissioned to create the ...

  4. Timeline of Pakistani history - Wikipedia

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    1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh. 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore. 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan) 1526 – 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857) 1541 – 1545: Sher Shah Sur built the Rohtas Fort. 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar at the Karakar pass [84] 1701: Kalhoro ...

  5. List of Pakistani films before 1950 - Wikipedia

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    Teri Yaad. 7 August. Daud Chand. Asha Posley, Nasir Khan, Najma, Kiran Rani, Ghulam Mohammad. The first ever film released in newly Pakistan. Box Office: Average. No other films were made.

  6. Partition of Bengal (1947) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Partition of Bengal in 1947, also known as the Second Partition of Bengal, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian Bengal Province along the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Bengali Hindu -majority West Bengal became a state of India, and the Bengali Muslim -majority ...

  7. History of Pakistan (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. History of Karachi - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan's capital (1947–1958) Karachi was chosen as the capital city of Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan, the city population increased dramatically when hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from India fleeing from anti-Muslim pogroms and from other parts of South Asia came to settle in Karachi. [20]

  9. Choudhry Rahmat Ali - Wikipedia

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    Choudhry Rahmat Ali. Choudhry Rahmat Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: چودھری رحمت علی; Punjabi pronunciation: [tʃoːdɦəɾi ɾɛɦmət əli]; 16 November 1897 – 3 February 1951) was a Pakistani nationalist who was one of the earliest proponents of the creation of the state of Pakistan. He is credited with creating the name "Pakistan" for a ...