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Why do Pakistan and India celebrate Independence Day one day apart?
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- Author(s)
- The National
- Publisher
- The National
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/2026/08/13/august-independence-day-india-pakistan/Accessed 18 September 2026
Editorial annotation
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.