Monarchy of Pakistan

Monarchy of Pakistan
Last to reign
Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 23 March 1956
Details
StyleHis Majesty
1947–1952
Her Majesty
1952–1956
First monarchGeorge VI
Last monarchElizabeth II
Formation14 August 1947
Abolition23 March 1956

From 1947 to 1956, the Dominion of Pakistan was a self-governing country within the Commonwealth of Nations that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the Commonwealth. The monarch's constitutional roles in Pakistan were mostly delegated to a vice-regal representative, the governor-general of Pakistan.

The dominion was created by the Indian Independence Act 1947, which divided British India into two independent sovereign states of India and Pakistan. The monarchy was abolished on 23 March 1956, when Pakistan became a republic within the Commonwealth with a president as its head of state.