Sources: Pakistan

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• Reference work · Independent publication

  Bangladesh Liberation War (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 1971 conflict in which East Pakistan became independent as Bangladesh following a nine-month war and Indian military intervention; the article notes death-toll estimates for the conflict range very widely, from roughly 300,000 to 3 million, a range this bundle reports as attributed to differing sources rather than adjudicating a single figure, and does not itself take a position on responsibility for the violence.

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  Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on Pakistan's first constitution, which came into force on 23 March 1956 and declared Pakistan an Islamic Republic, ending its status as a Commonwealth dominion.

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  Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on Maharaja Hari Singh's signing of the Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India on 26 October 1947, amid the outbreak of fighting between Indian and Pakistani-backed forces in Kashmir; the article notes the accession's validity and the broader Kashmir dispute remain contested between India and Pakistan, an active, unresolved question this bundle does not adjudicate.

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• Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source

  Parliament of the United Kingdom, Indian Independence Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 30) (18 July 1947) link

  Official text on legislation.gov.uk, the UK's National Archives legislation service. Received Royal Assent 18 July 1947.

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• Reference work · Independent publication

  Partition of India (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the Partition of British India along religious lines in August 1947 into India and Pakistan (the latter comprising West and East wings), the Radcliffe Line boundary commission, and estimates of between roughly 10 and 20 million people displaced and of communal violence deaths ranging from approximately 200,000 to 2 million across different studies, figures this bundle reports only as an attributed range, not an adjudicated total.

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• News report · Journalism

  The National, Why do Pakistan and India celebrate Independence Day one day apart? (The National) link

  Account of why Pakistan's independence ceremony was held in Karachi on 14 August 1947, a day before India's, due to the Viceroy's travel schedule, even though the Indian Independence Act itself set 15 August as the effective date for both dominions.

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• Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

  United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution 108 (II): Admission of Yemen and Pakistan to membership in the United Nations (United Nations, 30 September 1947) link

  Decides to admit Pakistan and Yemen as UN members, adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 30 September 1947.

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• Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

  United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 29 (1947) (United Nations, 12 August 1947) link

  Recommends to the General Assembly the admission of Yemen and Pakistan, adopted unanimously at the 190th meeting.

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