PAKISTAN

Pakistan is traditionally a
part of Mainland India. It
separated from India in 1947
after the latter was freed from
British control. Pakistan is
called "Land of Pure in Urdu
and Persian language.
Pakistan was also called The
Islamic Republic of
Pakistan. The world's famous
pink Himalayan salt is also
mined in Pakistan. The
highest polo ground in the
world is in Shandur, Pakistan.
The name of the country was
coined in 1933 by Choudhry
Rahmat
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Indians in Sanskrit as
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as Hindu which was
regarded by both of them
as "the border river".
The variation between the
two names is explained
by the Old Iranian sound
change *s > h, which
occurred between 850
and 600 BCE according
to Asko Parpola.