Dominion of Pakistan

Pakistan, 1947–1956. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Dominion of Pakistan was the Pakistani state between 1947 and 1956, when it existed as an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations. It was established on 14 August 1947 when it was created from British India under the Indian Independence Act 1947 of the British parliament. The dominion ceased to exist on 23 March 1956, when the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopted a constitution which established Pakistan as a republic.

Seat of power: Karachi

Rulers

Culture

• The British monarch became the head of state of both new dominions, with Pakistan sharing a king with the United Kingdom and the other dominions of the British Commonwealth, and the monarch's constitutional roles in Pakistan were delegated to the Governor-General of Pakistan.
• During the year that followed its independence, the new country was joined by the princely states of Pakistan, which were ruled by princes who had previously been in subsidiary alliances with the British.
• The constitution also administratively split the nation into West Pakistan and East Pakistan.

Picture

Mazar-e-Quaid, completed in 1971, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Image: A.Savin, FAL, file

Sources

• Dominion of Pakistan (Wikipedia)
• Dominion of Pakistan (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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