User:Rzafar

Introduction

My various interests include collecting: stamp collecting, coin collecting and banknotes; genealogy, history especially the British rule in what is now Pakistan, geography, travelling, photography and religion.

Most of my contributions on Wikipedia relate either to Pakistan or to one of my interests.

Sandboxes

I will occasionally put articles that I am currently working on, in my Sandboxes, for any suggestions or comments.

• 1. Postage Stamps of Pakistan /Sandbox - please don't make any edits to this - I am currently working offline on it. (18/03/09)
• 2. Karachi under the British (1839 - 1947) /Sandbox2
• 3. /Sandbox3

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, 14 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

• Kasur District
• Nawabshah District
• FATA

History

• History of Karachi

Organisations

• Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
• Karachi Port Trust
• Lady Dufferin Hospital, Karachi

Stamps

• List of people on stamps of Pakistan

Initiated/Wantlist

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

• Bhai Pheru
• Lar
• Siran Valley
• Shangla Pass

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

• Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust

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

• Karachi War Cemetery
• Gora Kabristan, Karachi
• Gora Kabristan, Lahore

Miscellaneous

• Churches in Pakistan

About me

This user has a website, which can be found here.

This user respects the beliefs and religions of others.

	This user does not smoke.

	This user is an Aries.

	This user is a Pakistani Wikipedian

	This user lives in Pakistan

UK	This user uses British English.

†	This user survived Catholic school!

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

Beliefs

	This user is a Muslim.

This user advocates use of the death penalty for certain criminal offenses.

=	This user supports the Make Trade Fair campaign.

Support

	This user supports the Pakistani cricket team.

	This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.

no ads	This user is against advertisements on Wikipedia.

Languages

en-N	This user is a native speaker of English.

ur-N	This user is a native speaker of Urdu.

hi-3	This user can speak Hindi at an advanced level.

fa-1	This user can speak Persian at an elementary level.

pa-1	This user can speak Punjabi at an elementary level.

...	This user would like to be able to speak some more languages.

My Interests

	This user is interested in religion.

	This user edits Islam-related pages.

	This user rejects any violence towards women.

	This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.

	This user is interested in politics.

	This user is addicted to travelling.

	This user is interested in historical research.

	This user is interested in the History of Pakistan

	This user is interested in the British Empire.

	This user enjoys photography.

	This user is interested in maps.

	This user listens to World Music

	This user has been to the United Nations Headquarters.

Hobbies/Other

	This user is interested in philately.

	This user is interested in coin collecting.

	This user is a bibliophile

	This user plays Risk.

	This user is a fan of Heroes. Ordinary people discovering extraordinary abilities.

	This user contributes using Mozilla

Textbook Encyclopedia	This user has had his/her work published in a textbook encyclopedia.

My travelogue

	This user has visited 6 of the provinces and administrative units of Pakistan.	6

I'm from which, for better and for worse, is in the , the and also the and I've been to or lived...
...for this long...	...in these countries...	...and these places...
Just passing through
A few days
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3 weeks +
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Idea and layout pilfered from Iancaddy who took it from Lcarsdata, who in turn had taken it from from NeilTarrant, who purloined it from A bit iffy, who half-inched it from Calton, who filched it from Salsb, who stole it from Guettarda, who borrowed it from White Cat.

Projects

	This user is an active member of the Pakistan WikiProject.

	This user is a member of WikiProject Biography.

	This user is a member of WikiProject Historical information.

	This user is a member of the History WikiProject.

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.