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Turning point · Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948
Karachi — Pakistan is born
14 Aug 1947 — Jinnah, Governor-General at last, takes the salute in the new capital. Three days earlier he told the Constituent Assembly: “You may belong to any religion or caste or creed — that has nothing to do with the business of the State.”
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — Freedom at Midnight in Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948.
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