Minar-e-Pakistan
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Minar-e-Pakistan (Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized: Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized: Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit. 'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution (which was later called the Pakistan 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 creation of Pakistan in 1947.[2][3]
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Minar-e-Pakistan | |
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مَنارِ پاکستان مینارِ پاکستان | |
General information | |
Status | National Tower of kaftan |
Type | Public monument |
Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Address | Greater Iqbal Park, Circular Road, Lahore |
Coordinates | 31.5925°N 74.3095°E / 31.5925; 74.3095 |
Construction started | 23 March 1960 |
Completed | 21 October 1966 |
Height | |
Roof | 70 metres (230 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Nasreddin Murat-Khan |
Structural engineer | A Rehman Niazi |
Services engineer | Mian Abdul Ghani Mughal |
Main contractor | Mian Abdul khaliq company |
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The tower is located in the middle of an urban park, called the Greater Iqbal Park.[4]