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  2. 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 ...

  3. Political history of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Muhammad Ali Jinnah's 11 August Speech - Wikipedia

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    Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Constitutional Assembly. Muhammad Ali Jinnah's 11 August Speech is a speech made by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan and known as Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader) to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. While Pakistan was created as a result of what could be described as Indian Muslim ...

  6. Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948 - Wikipedia

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    The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, [25] was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations. Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after its independence by ...

  7. Princely states of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Wāli of Swat, Miangul Abdul Wadud, acceded his state to Pakistan on 3 November 1947. [14] The last Wali, Miangul Jahan Zeb (1908–1987), continued to exercise absolute rule until Pakistan took control, when on 28 July 1969 Yahya Khan announced the full integration of the states of Swat, Chitral, and Dir into Pakistan. [22] [23]

  8. Pakistan Movement - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Minar-e-Pakistan, where the bill of Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940. The Pakistan Movement was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim -majority areas of British India. It was connected to the perceived need for self-determination for Muslims under ...

  9. Pakistani nationalism - Wikipedia

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    Nationalism. Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known in Pakistan as "Quaid-e-Azam" (The Great Leader), was the leader of the Pakistani nationalist movement that led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Muhammad Iqbal is the national poet of Pakistan and laid the seeds of Pakistani nationalism by envisioning a separate homeland for ...