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14 august

2018-08-14

Independence Day (Urdu: یوم آزادی‬‎; Yaum-e Ä€zādÄ«), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence and was declared a sovereign nation following the end of the British Rajin 1947. Pakistan came into existence as a result of the Pakistan Movement, which aimed for the creation of an independent Muslimstate in the north-western regions of South Asia via partition.

The movement was led by the All-India Muslim League under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The event was brought forth by the Indian Independence Act 1947 under which the British Rajgave independence to the Dominion of Pakistan which comprised West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). In the Islamic calendar, the day of independence coincided with Ramadan 27, the eve of which, being Laylat al-Qadr, is regarded as sacred by Muslims.

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