Minar-e-Pakistan: facts about Lahore's national monument
Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore marks the place where the Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940. When it was built, how tall it is and who designed it.
Minar-e-Pakistan stands in Greater Iqbal Park (formerly Minto Park), Lahore. It marks the spot where the Lahore Resolution was passed.
The Lahore Resolution
On 23 March 1940, the All-India Muslim League passed a resolution at its session in Lahore calling for independent states for Muslims in north-western and eastern India. The date is now celebrated every year as Pakistan Day.
Minar-e-Pakistan facts
- Built: 1960 to 1968
- Height: about 62 metres
- Designer: architect Nasreddin Murat-Khan
- Base: shaped like a flower, with platforms rising in stages
- Inscriptions: the text of the Lahore Resolution and the national anthem, among others
Visiting
Greater Iqbal Park is open to the public and is close to the Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort, so all three can be seen in one visit.
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