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The Birth of Pakistan, 1947 The Birth of Pakistan, 1947
British parliament on July 18, 1947 passed the Indian Independence Act. The Act created two dominions: Indian Union and Pakistan. It also provided for the complete end of British control over Indian affairs from August 15, 1947. Learn More...


Khilafat Movement [1919-1924] Khilafat Movement [1919-1924]
The Muslims of South Asia, under the leadership of the Ali Brothers, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali launched the historic Khilafat Movement after the First World War to protect the Ottoman Empire from dismemberment. Learn More...


June 3rd Plan [1947] June 3rd Plan [1947]
According to the June 3rd plan, power would be handed over to two separate governments in August 1947, and Punjab and Bengal would be divided by demarcating the Muslim majority districts. Learn More...


Kashmir Crisis [1948] Kashmir Crisis [1948]
Kashmir the last of the defiant states, had a Hindu Maharaja Hari Singh but his subjects were Muslims, accounting to 78%. He was reluctant either to join India or Pakistan. But Lord Mountbatten urged him to take decision to join either state before August 15, 1947. Learn More...


Jinnah Passes Away [1948] Jinnah Passes Away [1948]
It was on September 11, 1948, that the Quaid-i-Azam passed away after a protracted illness. He was buried in Karachi amidst the entire nation mourning over this irreparable loss. Learn More...


Allama Iqbal Allama Iqbal
Allama Iqbal, a great poet-philosopher and an active political leader was born in 1873, in Sialkot in the Punjab. He descended from a family of Kashmiri Brahmins, who had embraced Islam about three hundred years earlier. Learn More...


Establishment of All India Muslim League Establishment of All India Muslim League
In the annual meeting of Mohammadan Educational Conference held at Dacca in 1906 Nawab Salim Ullah Khan proposed the formation of All India Muslim League a political party to safeguard the interests of the Muslims. Learn More...


Nehru Report [1928] Nehru Report [1928]
Towards the end of the All-Parties Conference, which had been convened by the Congress to protest against the composition and terms of reference of the statutory commission, was now asked by the Congress leaders to prepare a constitution for India to confound the British Government. The Conference appointed a committee of jurists with Motilal Nehru as chairman, to study the problem and draft a constitution. Learn More...


The Lucknow Pact The Lucknow Pact
In December 1916, Congress and the Muslim League held a joint session at Lucknow in which a scheme of reforms was unanimously adapted as the irreducible minimum of political freedom for India. The Congress League scheme came to be known as the Lucknow Pact. Learn More...


Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan, one of the biggest Muslim states, is a living monument of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He, with his untiring efforts, indomitable will and dauntless courage united the Indian Muslims under the Muslim League banner and carved out a homeland for them despite stiff opposition from the Hindu Congress and the British government. Learn More...


Gandhi Jinnah Talks [1944] Gandhi Jinnah Talks [1944]
Gandhi-Jinnah Talks occupy an eminent significance with regard to the political problems of India and Pakistan movement. The talks between the two great leaders of the sub-continent began in response to a general public desire for a settlement of Hindu-Muslim differences. Learn More...


Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was born in Lahore, on December 25, 1949. He is the eldest son of Muhammad Sharif, a joint owner of Ittefaq Group of Industries. Learn More...


General Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf, the second of three brothers was born in Dehli on August 11,1943. He spent his early childhood in Turkey (1949-1956) owing to his father’s deputation in Ankara. Learn More...

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