Pakistan's name comes from Iran, Tukharistan, Afghanistan and from Indus States

How did Pakistan get its name?

The name of the country Pakistan has a fascinating history - it is essentially an acronym.
Prior to 1947, the country now known as Pakistan was a British colony. In 1947 the United Kingdom granted independence to the region under a new name, Pakistan. The name had been developed by a group of students at Cambridge University who issued a pamphlet in 1933 called Now or Never. They came up with the term "Pakistan" as "composed of letters taken from the names of our homelands: that is, Punjab, Afghania [North-West Frontier Province], Kashmir, Iran, Sindh, Tukharistan, Afghanistan, and Balochistan. It means the land of the Paks, the spiritually pure and clean."

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• Iran
• Afghanistan
• Turkistan
• Tukharistan
• Turkey
• Sindh
• Kashmir
• Punjab
• Pukhtunkhwa
• Balochistan
• Pakistan
• India
• Bharat
• Jinnah
• Iqbal

[Arslanus]

software u used to make this video?

[RadioPakistanDelhi]

@Arslanus Vegas Pro 9.0

[Arslanus]

@RadioPakistanDelhi thanks!!!

try 10.0.

[RadioPakistanDelhi]

@Arslanus I think that works in 64 bit, my computer is 32 bit but will try in future

[Agirlnot2messwith]

we all know hindus steal things from other or copy from others since they dont believe in thelselves, they even claim pakistanis people were hindus..they re always jealous of pakistan you dont believe it but it's true!

[RadioPakistanDelhi]

@Agirlnot2messwith No, pakistan was never hindu. When muslims first arrived in Sind, 711AD, majority of population were buddhist ruled by an oppressive hindu kingdom. Buddhism opposes everything which hinduism has. Thats why there were mass conversion to islam. In punjab people were mostly fire worshipers like rajputs and others were buddhist. Hinduism is collection of thousands of different cults which were grouped together by the british in 1800's to create this so called reigion.

[A2Kaid]

It doesn't make sense for the T in Pakistan to stand for "Tukharistan" when Turkharistan is in Central Asia, like Xinjiang. The video title says the T stands for "Turkisan", which is different from Tukharistan....You people clearly are ignorant.

[A2Kaid]

The name Pakistan was not formed by the British, it was created by Choudhary Rahmat Ali. How can this woman say "so you can even see the British influence over the name." What an ignorant remark.

[afghanempires85]

Tukharistan LOL

[PakiiPunjabi]

@AllahkaDost1 Invaders came to the Indus Valley, left their influence on the Indus Valley, but the vast majority of Pakistanis are natives of the Indus Valley. Why claim descent from invaders? Our ancestors fought and defended our lands with honour and bravery from these invaders.

[cvhgx]

pakistan means pure land

pak-pure

stan-land

therefore pakistan

BTW Holla to my pakistani brothers and sisters greetings from Indian punjabi

[waqas99aslam]

@A2Kaid i totaly totally agree with you . . .

[untrustableperson]

Afghania and Afghanistan what is that suppose to mean?

afghan it doesn't mean anything so they should say pattaan which mean pashuns, afghan means nothing.