iskander mirza became the first governor general of pakistan.
iskander mirza became the first governor general of pakistan.
who became the first governor general of pakistan?
iskander mirza
the muslim league of india had, since the middle of twentieth century, demanded for a separate homeland on the basis of the two-nation theory. the british rulers realized that the hindus and muslims of india remained two separate and distinct nations and socio-cultural entities. the british rulers were left with no option but to eventually accept the demand of the muslims of india. on 3 june 1947, lord mountbatten, the last viceroy of india, called the conference of all the leaders of the sub-continent and communicated to them his government's plan for the transfer of power. at that time, a notification was issued in the "gazette of india", published on 26 july 1947 in which the first constituent assembly of pakistan was given shape with 69 members (later on the membership was increased to 79), including one female member. the state of pakistan was created under the independence act of 1947. the act made the existing constituent assemblies, the dominion legislatures. these assemblies were allowed to exercise all the powers which were formerly exercised by the central legislature, in addition to the powers regarding the framing of a new constitution, prior to which all territories were to be governed in accordance with the government of india act, 1935. the first session of the first constituent assembly of pakistan was held on 10 august 1947 at sindh assembly building in karachi. on 11 august 1947 muhammad ali jinnah was elected unanimously as the president of the constituent assembly of pakistan and the national flag was formally approved by the assembly. on 12 august 1947, a resolution was approved regarding officially addressing jinnah as "quaid-i-azam". on the same day, a special committee called the "committee on fundamental rights of citizens and minorities of pakistan" was appointed to look into and advise the assembly on matters relating to fundamental rights of the citizens, particularly the minorities, with the aim to legislate on these issues appropriately. on 14 august 1947, the transfer of power took place. lord mountbatten, governor general of india, addressed the constituent assembly of pakistan. the quaid gave a reply to the address in the house, on which the principles of the state of pakistan were laid. on 15 august 1947, the quaid-i-azam was sworn in as the first governor general of pakistan. mian sir abdur rashid, chief justice of pakistan, administered the oath of office from him. the quaid remained in this position till his death on 11 september 1948.
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federal and provincial viceroys also met with first nations leaders for more ceremonial occasions, such as when in 1867 canada's first governor general, the viscount monck, received a native chief, in full feathers, among some of the first guests at rideau hall. the marquess of lansdowne smoked a calumet with aboriginal people in the prairies, the marquess of lorne was there named "great brother-in-law", and the lord tweedsmuir was honoured by the kainai nation through being made a chief of the blood indians and met with grey owl in saskatchewan. the earl alexander of tunis was presented with a totem pole by kwakiutl carver mungo martin, which alexander erected on the grounds of rideau hall, where it stands today with the inukshuk by artist kananginak pootoogook that was commissioned in 1997 by governor general roméo leblanc to commemorate the second national aboriginal day. governor general the viscount byng of vimy undertook a far-reaching tour of the north in 1925, during which he met with first nations and heard their grievances at fort providence and fort simpson. later, governor general edward schreyer was in 1984 made an honorary member of the kainai chieftainship, as was one of his viceregal successors, adrienne clarkson, who was made such on 23 july 2005, along with being adopted into the blood tribe with the name "grandmother of many nations". clarkson was an avid supporter of canada's north and inuit culture, employing students from nunavut arctic college to assist in designing the clarkson cup and creating the governor general's northern medal.
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