[2][3][1][4] The day is celebrated annually primarily by Government officials and army staff throughout the country and is a public holiday for civilians.

[5][6] The Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park in Lahore, Punjab, 23rd March 1940.

[7] During this event, the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other Founding Fathers narrated the events regarding the differences between Hindus and Muslims, and introduced the historical resolution that cemented the formation of a nation-state in South Asia as Pakistan, even though it did not actually mention Pakistan at all.

[8] The resolution was moved by A. K. Fazlul Huq (26 October 1873 – 27 April 1962), often called Sher-e-Bangal, passed on 23rd March and had its signatures from the Founding Fathers of Pakistan.

That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign.The British plan to partition the Indian subcontinent into two dominions - India and Pakistan - was announced on 3 June 1947.

[14] A full inter-services joint military parade is rehearsed and broadcast live by the news media all over the country.