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Pakistan was created in 1947 out of two distinct parts of India as a separate state for Muslims. It was a British dominion and became a republic in 1956, and a federal Islamic republic in 1973. In 1971, the eastern part of Pakistan achieved its own independence, as the state of Bangladesh. The main archives are the Pakistan National Archives. Bangladesh’s main archive is the Directorate of Archives and Libraries.