Minar-e-Pakistan
Sign in to saveMinar-e-Pakistan (; ) is a national monument located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The tower stands in the Greater Iqbal Park, an urban park in Lahore. The tower was built during 1960–1968 on the site where on 23 March 1940, the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution which was later called the Pakistan Resolution – 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 creation of Pakistan in 1947.
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- Monument.name
- Minar-e-Pakistan
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- مینارِ پاکستان
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- Minar e Pakistan 2021.jpg
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- Minar-e-Pakistan (2021)
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- Greater Iqbal Park, Circular Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Monument.designer
- Nasreddin Murat-Khan
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- National monument
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- Reinforced concrete, marble, stone, steel
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- (diameter)
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- Lahore Resolution (Pakistan Resolution)
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- Status
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- National Tower of Pakistan
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Minar-e-Pakistan (; ) is a national monument located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The tower stands in the Greater Iqbal Park, an urban park in Lahore. The tower was built during 1960–1968 on the site where on 23 March 1940, the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution which was later called the Pakistan Resolution – 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 creation of Pakistan in 1947.
==Construction== thumb|left|150px|The original foundation stone of Minar-e-Pakistan On 23 March 1960, the foundation stone of the tower was laid by Akhter Husain, the then–governor of West Pakistan. The construction of the tower took eight years, and was completed on 22 March 1968 at an estimated cost of seven million Pakistani rupees. The money was collected by imposing an additional tax on cinema and horse racing tickets at the demand of the governor.
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