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Pakistan in 1947

Historical records for Pakistan in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

20Records
11Events
6Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

August

11 August 1947Constituent Assembly AddressMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Jinnah addresses the Constituent Assembly and advocates equal citizenship regardless of religion.

11 August 1947Election as Assembly PresidentMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

The Constituent Assembly elects Jinnah as its first President.

14 August 1947Governor-General of PakistanMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes Pakistan's first Governor-General.

14 August 1947Transfer of Power CeremonyMuhammad Ali Jinnah

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Jinnah attends the formal transfer-of-power ceremony in Karachi.

15 August 1947Finance MinistryGhulam Muhammad

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Ghulam Muhammad assumes responsibility for the new state's federal finances.

15 August 1947First Federal CabinetLiaquat Ali Khan

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Khan forms Pakistan's first federal cabinet.

15 August 1947Foreign Affairs MinistryMuhammad Zafarullah Khan

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Zafarullah Khan becomes Pakistan's first Foreign Minister.

15 August 1947Prime Minister of PakistanLiaquat Ali Khan

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Khan begins service as Pakistan's first Prime Minister.

October

30 October 1947Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[

30 October 1947Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[

Other Events

1947Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Politics / Muslim League

The North-West Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan in a referendum. Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Religion / Islam

The North-West Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan in a referendum. Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947Independence of PakistanLiaquat Ali Khan

Politics / Muslim League

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947Independence of PakistanLiaquat Ali Khan

Religion / Islam

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947Independence of PakistanAbdur Rab Nishtar

Politics / Muslim League

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947Independence of PakistanAbdur Rab Nishtar

Religion / Islam

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947PartitionMohammed Ali Jinnah

Politics / Muslim League

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947PartitionMohammed Ali Jinnah

Religion / Islam

Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan

1947ReferendumMohammed Ali Jinnah

Politics / Muslim League

The North-West Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan in a referendum

1947ReferendumMohammed Ali Jinnah

Religion / Islam

The North-West Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan in a referendum

Names involved

Abdur Rab NishtarGhulam MuhammadLiaquat Ali KhanMohammed Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Zafarullah Khan

Places involved

KarachiLahore

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.