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Pakistan Day or 23 March , is a national celebration day that marks the successful adoption of constitutional draft that ultimately called for greater autonomy in British India . It was first inaugurated on 23 March 1956 following the promulgation of first set of the Constitution of Pakistan . The March 23 is one of two significant date for Pakistan, other being the 14 August , the Independence Day .
The day is celebrated in the memory to commemorate the event when the Muslim League drafted the political resolution at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) that called for establishing the independent federation of four provinces located in north-western region of British India on 23 March 1940.
Reaching the national concession on 23 March 1956 to promulgate the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan , it marked the successful constitutional transition of Pakistan from the dominion to Islamic Republic - the world's first Islamic republic. Since then, the day is celebrated annually at the national level as a public holiday and the joint inter-services commonly holds a military parade for the celebration of the event.
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