Pakistan Day
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Pakistan Day is a national holiday in Pakistan celebrated annually on 23 March. It commemorates both the adoption of the first constitution, transitioning the country from a dominion to a republic in
Minar-e-Pakistan, where the Lahore Resolution was passed
Group photo of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (in centre) and some of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan in Lahore, c. 1940
Dominion of Pakistan
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The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, 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 pas
Commonwealth premiers along with King George VI, then the King of Pakistan, at Buckingham Palace for the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference in April 1949. Liaquat Ali Khan is third from the left.
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan meeting President Harry Truman
First one-rupee coin produced by the Government of Pakistan, 1948
A market in Dacca, 1950