Asia

           The area constituting Pakistan was historically a part of the British Indian Empire throughout much of the nineteenth century. The East India Company begun their trade in South Asia in the 17th century, and the company rule started from 1757 when they won the Battle of Plassey . Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control over much of the Indian subcontinent . All-India Muslim League was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka , in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the division of Bengal in 1905 and the party aimed at creation of a separate Muslim state. [1] The period after World War I was marked by British reforms such as the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms , but it also witnessed the enactment of the repressive Rowlatt Act and strident calls for self-rule by Indian activists. The w...

Independence Day ( Urdu : یوم آزادی ‎; Yaum-e Āzādī ), 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 Raj in 1947. Pakistan came into existence as a result of the Pakistan Movement which aimed for the creation of an independent Muslim state by division of the north-western regions of South Asia . 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 Raj gave independence to the Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic 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. The main Independen...