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India and Pakistan compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
14 August 1947 — The Dominion of Pakistan emerges from the partition of British India
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- 43
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- 9
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- 8
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- 2026-08-10
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Entangled histories
8 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- c. 2600 BCE
Mohenjo-daro flourishes
Mohenjo-daro, on the Indus in modern Pakistan, becomes one of the civilisation's largest cities and is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its Great Bath and citadel.
Culture & Ideas · from the India chronicle · The Indus Valley Civilisation · Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilization
- 1906
Founding of the All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League is founded to represent the political interests of India's Muslims; it would become the engine of the Pakistan Movement.
Politics & Power · from the Pakistan chronicle · The British Raj and the Pakistan Movement · Pakistan: A Country Study, Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- 15 Aug 1947
Independence and Partition
India becomes independent from Britain under Prime Minister Nehru as the subcontinent is partitioned into India and Pakistan, unleashing mass migration and communal violence.
Independence · from the India chronicle · Independence, Partition and the Modern Republic · Partition of India, Republic Day, India
- 14 Aug 1947
Independence of Pakistan
Pakistan becomes independent under the Indian Independence Act, with Jinnah as Governor-General and Liaquat Ali Khan as prime minister, comprising West and East Pakistan.
Independence · from the Pakistan chronicle · Partition and Independence · Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Indian Independence Act
- 18 Jul 1947
Indian Independence Act passed
The British Parliament passes the Indian Independence Act, partitioning British India and providing for the creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan.
Independence · from the Pakistan chronicle · The British Raj and the Pakistan Movement · Indian Independence Act
- 1947–1948
Partition violence and mass migration
Up to 12–20 million people are uprooted and an estimated one to two million die in massacres and forced migration along the new India–Pakistan border.
Peoples & Migration · from the India chronicle · Independence, Partition and the Modern Republic · Partition of India
- 16 Dec 1971
Loss of East Pakistan and birth of Bangladesh
After a brutal war and Indian intervention, Pakistani forces surrender at Dhaka and East Pakistan becomes the independent state of Bangladesh, dismembering the country.
War & Rupture · from the Pakistan chronicle · Bangladesh, Military Rule and the Modern Republic · Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 India-Pakistan War
- 28 May 1998
Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
Following India's tests, Pakistan detonates nuclear devices in Balochistan, openly joining the ranks of nuclear-armed states.
War & Rupture · from the Pakistan chronicle · Bangladesh, Military Rule and the Modern Republic · Pakistan: A Country Study