Both India & Pakistan were granted Independence on the 'midnight'
of 14-15 August
Both India & Pakistan were granted Independence on the 'midnight' of 14-15 August ,but Pakistan celebrates its independence on 14-August & India celebrates on 15-Auguat.
Ironic but interesting, Pakistan did celebrated its 1st ever indepndence on 15-August, but later on it became 14-August.
One reason behind this was that the British Viceroy Lord Mountbatten travelled to pakistan on 14-August, to handover transfer of power to Pakistan in Karachi, and had to come back to New Delhi to do the same for India.( Since one can't be present in two places at the same time ). Since it happened on midnight of 14-15 Aug and as stated in the India Independence Act 1947, it was declared that both India & Pakistan got independence on 15-Aug. The act states : " As from the fifteenth August, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Seven, two independent dominions shall be setup in India, namely India & Pakistan. "
Even the first governer general of Pakistan, Mohammad Jinnah, declared 15-Aug as the independence day of Pakistan.
This
is part of what he said in his first speech : " 15August is the
birthday of the independent & sovereign state of Pakistan. It marks
the fulfilment of the destiny of the Muslim nation which made great
sacrifices in the past few years to have its homeland. "
Even the
1st commemorative postage stamp of the country that was released a year
later stated 15August1947 as the date of independence.
Then why Pakistan started celebrating its independence on 14-Aug from the next year, i.e. 1948 ?
One
reason is that the night of 14-15 August coincided with 27 RAMADAN 1366
of the Islamic calendar, and Muslims regard this as a sacred night, so
they decided to shift their Indepenence day on 14-August from 15-August .
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