1953–54 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1953–54 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 1953–54 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy was the first edition of the tournament, and the inaugural first-class cricket competition played in Pakistan following its independence in 1947. One of the tournament's purposes was to help determine the Pakistan national side's squad for its tour of England in 1954. The tournament was played as a knockout competition between seven teams representing both regions and government departments. Punjab received a bye through to the semi-finals to compensate for the odd number of teams. The final, played in Karachi, was contested between Punjab and Bahawalpur, with Bahawalpur winning by
Mughal-e-Azam for inflation. According to the online box office website Box Office India in January 2008, the film's adjusted net revenue would have amounted to , ranking it as an "All-Time Blockbuster". According to Box Office India in June 2017, "Mughal-e-Azam" had more than 100 million footfalls at the domestic box office, higher than "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" (1994) and "Baahubali 2" (2017). According to financial newspaper "Mint", the adjusted net income of "Mughal-e-Azam" is equivalent to () in 2017. "Mughal-e-Azam" received almost universal acclaim from Indian critics; every aspect of the film was praised. A review from the 1960s in