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The '''Dominion of Pakistan''' (''[[Bengali language|Bengali]]: পাকিস্তান অধিরাজ্য'' ) was an independent [[:simple:Federal dominion|federal dominion]] in the [[British Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=RX4OiM0MGZUC&pg=PA132</ref> It was created on August 14, 1947, when [[British India]] was divided into two new sovereign states: [[Dominion of India|India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]. The '''Dominion of Pakistan''' included modern-day [[Pakistan]] (then called [[West Pakistan]]) and [[Bangladesh]] (then called [[East Pakistan]]).<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=qzIw-c1YOAIC&pg=PA2</ref> | |||
== Government == | |||
The ''Dominion of Pakistan'' was a [[constitutional monarchy]] with a [[federal parliamentary system]]. The head of state was the [[British monarchs|British monarch]], represented in Pakistan by the Governor-General. The first Governor-General was [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], who is also known as the founder of Pakistan. The first Prime Minister was [[Liaquat Ali Khan]].<ref>https://archive.org/details/columbiachronolo00john</ref> | |||
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