Pakistan celebrated its birth on August 14, 1947. This day was a day of great achievements for its creators, and a day when zoning events triggered massacres on the streets of this new country. The British rulers divided a huge Indian empire into two new countries: India with the majority of Hinduism and Pakistan with the majority of Muslims. The division of India and Pakistan ended two centuries of British colonial rule and witnessed one of the greatest waves of mankind. There has never been migration in the world.
This border extends to Bangladesh in the east and Punjab in the west. It was only confirmed two days after India gained independence on August 15. Using the “minority” and “majority” census, a line was quickly drawn on the two maps. An estimated 12-15 million people left their homes and crossed the new border based on their beliefs: Muslims walked to northwestern Pakistan, while Hindus and Sikhs did the opposite. At least 1 million people were killed in community attacks while crossing the border, and tens of thousands of women and girls were kidnapped and raped. This line drawn hastily by Cyril John Radcliffe and the subsequent violence still plague relations with India and Pakistan.
Regional awareness of unimaginable violent memories. The well-known Pakistani historian Ayesha Jalal called this split “the central historical event of South Asia in the 20th century.” She wrote: “A watershed moment that is neither the beginning nor the end. The division continues to affect how the people and countries of South Asia in the post-colonial era view their past, present and future.” Pakistan’s first Independence Day was originally scheduled for 8. It was celebrated on the 15th of August, and so did India, but it was later postponed to August 14th. One reason for this change is that Lord Mountbatten, the British Governor-General, who chose to commemorate Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces on August 15 (marking the end of World War II in 1945), tried to hand over power to Pakistan on August 14.
He was able to attend New Delhi to observe the inauguration celebrations of India’s Independence Day. According to another theory, Pakistan decided to celebrate its Independence Day on August 14th because Laylat al-Qadr (27 nights of Ramadan) coincides with this auspicious day in the Islamic lunar calendar. Therefore, the Pakistanis decided to celebrate their Independence Day one day before the designated date, but legally speaking, August 15 is the actual independence day of India and Pakistan (even South Korea also celebrates Independence Day), which is the liberation on August 15. day. The 1947 “Independence Act of India” clearly stated: “Starting from August 15, 1947, India will establish two independent dominions, called India and Pakistan.”