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Education - Postindependence India: India and Pakistan were partitioned and given independence in 1947, after which there was remarkable improvement in scientific and technological education and research; illiteracy, however, remained high. The new constitution adopted by India did not change the overall administrative policy of the country. Education continued to be the prime responsibility ...
10 October 1970: Independence from the United Kingdom Kiribati: 12 July 1979: Independence from United Kingdom 1 October 1975: Separation of the Gilbert Islands (later Kiribati) and the Ellice Islands (later Tuvalu) Marshall Islands: 1 May 1979: Constitution and local government established 21 October 1986: Compact of Free Association with the ...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah was trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London. He served as the leader of the All India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, and then as Pakistan's ...
The 1970 general elections were a fierce contest between two social democratic parties – the west-based Pakistan Peoples Party of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the east-based Awami League of Sheikh ...
West Pakistan (now Pakistan), like most of west Asia, consisted of semi-arid plains and rugged mountains. About one-fifth of its land was cultivated. The distribution of population was highly uneven, and was determined primarily by the availability of water. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) consisted of much more densely and evenly populated low ...
Aug 14, 2007 · Here is a chronology of major events during the last six decades: August 14, 1947 - Muslim Pakistan comes into being from the partition of India at the end of British rule. September 1948 ...
Jan 19, 2024 · The largest portion of the region is in south-western Pakistan, which it joined in 1948 after independence. Though it is Pakistan’s largest province – comprising 44% of the total landmass ...
