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Anlot of nations celebrate the day they declare or win theirnindependence—but Pakistan won its independence from Britain innAugust of 1947. Instead of celebrating that day, Pakistanncommemorates the adoption of the constitution that made it anrepublic, on this date in 1956. However, some Pakistani leaders havensaid that the real commemoration is of the passage of thenLahore Resolution, on this date in 1940, which demanded that a Muslimnstate (only later named Pakistan) be carved out of British India. n
Anlot of nations celebrate the day they declare or win theirnindependence—but Pakistan won its independence from Britain innAugust of 1947. Instead of celebrating that day, Pakistanncommemorates the adoption of the constitution that made it anrepublic, on this date in 1956. However, some Pakistani leaders havensaid that the real commemoration is of the passage of thenLahore Resolution, on this date in 1940, which demanded that a Muslimnstate (only later named Pakistan) be carved out of British India. nn
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nDidnyou know…?
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nWhennIndia was a British colony, it included all of Pakistan to its westnand also Bangladesh to its east. Both Pakistan and the much smallernEast Bengal (as Bangladesh used to be called) were majority Muslimnregions, and most of India is majority Hindu. When the IslamicnRepublic of Pakistan was first formed, it included East Bengal—butnthe Bengali people were treated like second-class citizens and werenkept out of power. Even their language was dismissed as unofficialnand thus unimportant. There was a revolution in which many Bengalinpolice officers and soldiers mutinied against their government andnjoined forces with their people. In late 1971, Bangladesh won itsnindependence from Pakistan.
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nLearnnmore…
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nThink Quest offers a short biography of a Pakistani girl.
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nTherenare tons more links at the Kids Connect site.
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nSincenconstitutions and resolutions and even revolutions aren’t the mostnfun topics to read about, I thought I would also mention that todaynis:
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nAhhh!nSo cute!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nWorld Meteorological Day
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nAnniversary of the coining of the word “okay” (America’s “Greatest Word”)
