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Independence of Pakistan

India · Politics / Congress Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1933–1946Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1933

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi1933

Politics / Congress Party

The term Pakistan is coined to denote the country of Punjabi, Afghani, Kashmiri, Sini and Baluchistani people

1946

Muhammad Ali Jinnah16 August 1946

Calcutta · Politics / Congress Party

Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties

Names involved

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Provenance

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