There is one day left to celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day. Every year on 14th August, Pakistan's Independence Day is celebrated with traditional fervor. On this occasion, songs are sung everywhere. Is the real Independence Day of August 14 or August 15?
Hamid Mir wrote in the daily Jang that "Pakistan's real Independence Day is August 14 or August 15? This is a question that has been much debated and a lot has been written. Research proves that according to British government documents Like India, Pakistan came into being on 15th August but then in July 1948 the government of Pakistan decided that the first anniversary of Independence Day would be celebrated on 14th August 1948 instead of 15th August.
It should also be noted that the stamps issued by the Government of Pakistan on July 9, 1948 also had the date of August 15, 1947 with Pakistan Long Live, so the question is very important why the Government of Pakistan decided to celebrate its Independence Day on August 14 instead of August 15. What? This is a question that, if researched to find the answer, reveals some aspects of the personality of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, that have been overlooked.
He further wrote that "British author Hector Bolith's autobiography on Quaid-e-Azam was published in 1954, which covered important aspects of the life and character of the founder of Pakistan, which Ms. Fatima Jinnah was not happy about.
Later, many researchers, including Stanley Walpert, wrote books on Quaid-e-Azam but did not pay attention to why Quaid-e-Azam approved the decision to celebrate Independence Day on August 14 instead of August 15. Here I use the word approval because, according to some official documents, the proposal to celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day on August 14 was first considered in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan on June 29, 1948, and approved by Quaid-e-Azam. And then another document states that Quaid-e-Azam had approved the celebration of Independence Day on 14 August.
A closer look at the life of Quaid-e-Azam reveals that he was apparently a simple-minded Muslim, but on the inside he was a staunch opponent of British imperialism. Sharif Farooq, a senior journalist and activist of Tehreek-e-Pakistan, saw Quaid-e-Azam up close.
He was also present at the meeting of the All India Muslim League on March 23, 1940 in Lahore. His book, Jinnah the Subcontinent's Man of Freedom, is unique in that it highlights Quaid-e-Azam's hatred and resistance to British imperialism with the help of events. The reason was Gandhi's duplicitous attitude and when Quaid-e-Azam rejected the so-called secularism of the Congress, then the British government tried to buy him by giving him various positions.
He was first offered a post in the Bombay High Court, which he turned down. Then the offer to make him Advocate General was also rejected. Viceroy Lord Reading offered to make Quaid-e-Azam law minister, which was turned down. When British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald offered to make Quaid-e-Azam governor of a state, he turned it down as a bribe. In 1940, Raj Gopal Acharya, a Congress leader, first proposed Quaid-e-Azam to be the Prime Minister of United India, but he refused to give in to Pakistan's demand.
The offer was made by Mahatma Gandhi in 1947, but Quaid-i-Azam refused to become Lord Mountbatten's Deputy Prime Minister. I challenge those who allege that Quaid-e-Azam demanded Pakistan at the behest of the British, that it was not the Quaid-e-Azam who conspired with the British government but the Congress leadership.
How could the Quaid-e-Azam who delivered speeches in favor of Bhagat Singh in the Central Legislative Assembly on September 12 and 14, 1929, have conspired with British imperialism? Mountbatten was adopted by the Governor General of India on August 15, 1947 and then on August 15 as Independence Day. August 15 was actually the day of the victory of Britain and its allies against Japan in World War II. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, followed by the surrender of Emperor Hirohito of Japan on August 15, 1945.
At the time, Mountbatten was the commander of Allied forces in Southeast Asia and was based in Singapore. On the same day, the Allies announced their withdrawal from Korea, so both South Korea and North Korea celebrated Independence Day on August 15. Independence Day of India and Pakistan on August 15 through the Pendency Bill
