User:Rzafar
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Introduction
My various interests include collecting: stamp collecting, coin collecting and banknotes; genealogy, history especially the British rule in what is now Pakistan and independent Pakistan, public history, exhibiting and curating, heritage sites, geography, travelling, photography and religion.
Most of my contributions on Wikipedia relate either to Pakistan or to one of my interests.
Sandboxes
Independence Day
It is a common misconception that Pakistan was founded on 14 August 1947 and India on 15 August 1947. Both countries came into being on the same day and at the same time, midnight, 15 August 1947.
Pakistan's first independence day celebrations were celebrated on that day. The first commemorative postage stamps of the country, released in July 1948, gave 15 August 1947 as independence day. You can see them here. Pakistan's accession to International Air Transit Agreement (1945) was also on 15 August 1947, note 9 on pg 4.
It is not sure when and why, but sometime before the 2nd anniversary, the government changed the date to 14 August and it has been celebrated ever since.
The Quaid took oath as the Governor General of Pakistan on 15 August 1947. Lord Mountbatten came to the official ceremonies which were held before 15 August 1947 in Karachi as he could not be in two places on the same day.
The above is an explanation for my changes to wikipedia relating to Pakistan's independence day. I would appreciate if in the interest of historical accuracy, my edits are left to reflect this possition.
Contributions
Personalities
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- Ahmed Pervez
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Israr Ullah Zehri
- Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw
- Rana Phool Muhammad Khan
- Shafi Muhammad Shah
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq
Geography
History
Organisations
Stamps
Initiated
Biographies
- A.C. Woolner, VC University of Punjab, Lahore (prepartition)
- A. McHinch
- Adil Salahuddin, stamp designer
- Arthur Younghusband
- Bhai Ram Singh, architect
- C.F. Boulton, army officer, Karachi administrator (prepartition)
- Evan James, Commissioner in Sindh
- Francis Dawes Melville Commissioner in Sindh
- Francis Mudie
- Henry Napier Bruce Erskine
- Horace Charles Mules
- Hugh Dow Governor of Sind, Dow Medical College named after him
- John Ellerton Stocks
- Jonathan Duncan Inverarity
- Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah, Librarian of Imperial Library (prepartition)
- Lancelot Graham
- Richard Keith Pringle
- Robert Giles
- Saeed Akhtar, painter
- Seth Edulji Dinshaw, philanthropist
- Seth Jehangir Hormusji Kothari
- Salahuddin Mian Pakistan's first ceramist
- Samuel Mansfield
- Sheherezade Alam Pakistan's first female ceramist.
- William Henry Havelock
- William Merewether, Commissioner in Sindh, Merewether Tower
Geography
History
- Henry Lawrence's young men
- Jamrud Fort
- Treaties with local rulers (1800 - 1849)
- Battles in the region (1800 - 1849)
- Visitors to the region (1800 - 1849)
Organisations
Stamps
- List of postage stamps of Pakistan
- List of Pakistan on World Stamps
- Designers of Pakistani Stamps
- Medicinal Plants of Pakistan
- Pakistan Post
- Postage stamps of Pakistan
- Postage stamps and postal history of Pakistan
Cemeteries
Miscellaneous
Red List
Women's biographies
Activits
- Khawar Mumtaz - chairperson of NCSW
Actresses
Singers
Sports
Track and Field
- Munaza Jabeen - national champion in 5 track and field events: 80m hurdles, 100m, 200m, javelin and broad jump (1966)
- Sultana Ahmad - national champion in long jump (1968)
- Talat Sultana - national badminton champion (1960s) and national discus, shot put and javelin champion (1968)
Badminton
- Iris Rodericles - runnerup, National Championships 1953-1954 at Lahore.
- Purnima Paul - national champion - doubles (1953 - 1954)
- M. T. Branganza - national champion - singles (1954 - 1955) at Karachi.
Golf
- Ghazala Ansari - national champion (1960s) and runner-up (1969)
- Nuzhat Shahban - national champion (1969)
Squash
- Rukhsana Rashid - national champion (1964, 1968)
- Azra Muneer - runner up, National Championships (1968)
History of Pakistan
My Profile
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Projects
Current Projects
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Pakistan. |
 | This user participates in WikiProject Biography. |
 | This user participates in WikiProject Historical information. |
 | This editor contributes to the Women's Football / Soccer Project (WP:WOSO). |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Women's History. |
Past Projects
I am less actives on these projects
 | This user participates in WikiProject History. |
| This user is a member of the Numismatics WikiProject, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of numismatics on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Philately, a WikiProject which aims to develop and expand Wikipedia's coverage of the science of philately. Please feel free to join us. |
