How Did It Take To Build Minar E Pakistan

Minar-e-Pakistan is a historical monument in Lahore. It is considered as the largest tower in Pakistan. Minar-e-Pakistan is the place where Lahore resolution was passed which was the official call for a separate homeland for the Muslims of South Asia in the result of two nation theory.

Minar-e-Pakistan is a national monument built between 1960 and 1968 to mark the spot where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940. This was the first official call for a separate independent homeland for the Muslims of British India.

The tower was designed and supervised by, Nasreddin Murat-Khan a Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. The foundation stone was laid on 23 March 1960. Construction took eight years, and was completed on 21 October 1968 at an estimated cost of Rs 7,058,000.

A designer named Amiruddin Kidwai studied the League's flag, as he tried to design a flag for a new, independent nation. Finally he arrived at a design, and he presented it to the men who would run the new Pakistan government. The Pakistan government adopted his design on August 11, 1947.

It took exactly eight years, six months and 29 days to build the Minar-e-Pakistan.

Minar-e-Pakistan is situated in the old Minto Park presently known as Iqbal Park .

Manto Park(old name) - Minar-e-Pakistan.

To honour the place where the Pakistan Resolution was passed, a tower was constructed in Greater Iqbal Park, laying its foundation stone on March 23, 1960. It took eight years to construct the tower and in 1968 this historical building in Lahore was built.