Minar e Pakistan

Minar-e-Pakistan is a national monument located in Lahore, Pakistan. The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940 – the first official call for a separate and independent homeland for the Muslims of British India, as espoused by the two-nation theory. The resolution eventually helped lead to the emergence of an independent Pakistani state in 1947.

Height: 70 m

Construction started: March 23, 1960

Architect: Nasreddin Murat-Khan

Opened: October 21, 1968

Architectural styles: Modern architecture, Mughal architecture

Burials: Hafeez Jalandhari

Function: Tower

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