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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.
On 14 August 1947 (27th of Ramadan in 1366 of the Islamic Calendar) Pakistan gained independence. 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.
14 August: The Dominion of Pakistan is declared an independent member state of the British Commonwealth. [1] Mohammed Ali Jinnah became the first Governor-General of Pakistan and the Supreme Leader (Quaid-i-Azam) of the unified nation-state of Pakistan in August 1947.
On 14 August 1947, The Partition of India began as Pakistan was declared as an independent state and Jinnah was placed as Pakistan's first Governor-General. [1] Following this on 15 August 1947, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan formed an administration, Liaquat Ali Khan was sworn in as first prime minister of Pakistan.
The governor-general of Pakistan ... 14 August 1947 11 September 1948 1 year, 28 days George VI (1947–1952) 2 Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964) 14 September
By the time of the independence of the new dominions, it is said that, many people in Poonch were identifying themselves with Pakistan. They reportedly raised Pakistan flags and supported the Muslim Conference's pro-Pakistan stance. [38] Several Muslim officers of the State Army had conspired to overthrow the Maharaja's government on 14 August ...
14 August 1947 16 October 1951 X: 4 years, 63 days – Muslim League: Following advice given by the Founding Fathers of the nation, Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah appointed and invited the Finance Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to set up and run his administration in 1947. He was assassinated in 1951, and Khawaja Nazimuddin took the office. [5 ...
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, which also created an independent Dominion of India.