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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Pakistan is a South Asian federal parliamentary republic created on 14 August 1947 by the Partition of British India as a homeland for the subcontinent's Muslims.
- What legal instrument created Pakistan and on what date?
- What is the Two-Nation Theory?
- Which treaty governs water-sharing between India and Pakistan?
- What significance does the 1971 war hold for Pakistan?

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1. 14 August 1947

   Pakistan is a South Asian federal parliamentary republic created on by the Partition of British India as a homeland for the subcontinent's Muslims.

2. 18 July 1947

   The Islamic Republic of Pakistan emerged from the partition of British India effected under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, passed by the British Parliame…

3. 23 March 1940

   Its creation rested on the Two-Nation Theory articulated by the All-India Muslim League under Muhammad Ali Jinnah, formalised in the Lahore Resolution of , w…

4. 16 December 1971

   Originally comprising two non-contiguous wings — West Pakistan and East Pakistan separated by roughly 1,600 km of Indian territory — the eastern wing seceded…

5. 30 May 1998

   Pakistan declared itself a nuclear-weapons state following the Chagai tests of 28–, conducted in response to India's Pokhran-II.

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