Yom-e-Istiqlal
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Yom-e-Istiqlal (Urdu: یوم استقلال) is the independence day of Pakistan and a National holiday. It is observed on 14 August, the day on which Pakistan became independent from British rule within then what was known as the Indian Empire in 1947.
Independence of Pakistan was officially announced on Thursday, August 14, 1947 at 12:00 a.m. but the ceremony itself took place half an hour early on the actual day.
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