Minar-e-Pakistan

Minar-e-Pakistan (Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان‬‎) is a national monument located in Lahore, Pakistan.The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940 - the first official call for a separate and independent homeland for the Muslims of British India, as espoused by the two-nation theory. The resolution eventually helped lead to the emergence of an independent Pakistani state in 1947.

Height: 70 m

Opened: October 21, 1968

Construction started: March 23, 1960

Architect: Nasreddin Murat-Khan

Architectural styles: Modern architecture, Mughal architecture

Did you know: The construction work of Minar-e-Pakistan was started in 1960 and it continued for eight years.