The Dominion of Pakistan (usually called Pakistan) was an independent federal Dominion in South Asia that was established in 1947 on the Partition of India into two sovereign countries (the other being the Union of India). The Dominion, which included modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, was intended to be a homeland for the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent. It became the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956; the eastern part of the country became the independent People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1971.
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