With the exception of the color of flags, Islamic motifs and a 24 -hour delay, the day of independence through Radcliffe Line in Pakistan is not much different from its own Indian celebrations.
Pakistani Independence Day-or Yaum-I-Azadi-with 14. This is followed by the national anthem and live television manifestations of leaders.
The usual ceremonial events and festivities for this day include ceremonies increasing flags, shows, cultural events and playing patriotic songs in combination with several ceremonies of prize.
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As in India, the Pakistanians raise the national flag on top of their homes or project it on their vehicles and clothing, in the middle of great joy and fanfare.
It could also be your own Indian Swantantra Divas, in the eyes of an occasional observer, with the exception of taste.
“Things are almost the same, but unlike India, it is a sense of otherness in Pakistan. It is not about how to gain independence from the colonial government, because it is the victory of the division and size of the Pakistan movement,” says Vijay Zambiar, former Indian Commissioner in Pakistan.
India does not celebrate the day of independence under the shadow of Pakistan. For us it is freedom from colonial government, he told this reporter.
Pakistan’s independence date was not always sacred
The founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, said in his first broadcast in the nation: “August 15 is the birthday of the independent and sovereign state Pakistan.
Pakistan Independence Day has not always been sacred. The first commemorative postage stamps of the country released in July 1948 are giving August 15, 1947 as the Day of Independence of Pakistan. In the following years, however, on August 14 was accepted as an independence day.
At the beginning of 1947, the British Labor government appointed Lord Louis Mountbatten under the last Indian viceroy. He was charged with responsibility for supervision of the transfer of power from British control to Indian hands.
This transfer was originally set at the latest by June 1948. Increasing the municipal violence and the deteriorating law and the order forced Mountbatten to proceed with the date by August 1947 to speed up the British withdrawal.
According to Mountbatten’s studies, he noted that Jinnah’s unattractive refusal to accept something less than a separate Pakistan, is free or strong links to India, which makes the break inevitable.
Mountbatten managed the oath of Independence Jinnah 14 August before going to India, where the oath was scheduled at midnight 15.
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Mountbatten – or Admiral Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1.
Naturally, under the circumstances that lead to independence and Vivisec, Pakistan could not observe on August 15 as the most important day in the life of Earth.
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