2013 attack on Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi

The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi is the diplomatic mission of Pakistan in India. Between 1972 and 1989, the mission was known as the ''Embassy of Pakistan in New Delhi'', as Pakistan was then temporarily a republic outside the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organization primarily comprising former territories of the British Empire (see British Raj, British India).

Location

The Pakistani High commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commission is located at No. 2/50-G, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi.

History

The building was originally the residence of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, who named it 'Gul-i-Ra'ana' after his wife, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan. Following independence, Liaquat gifted the palatial residence to the Pakistani State, whereupon it became Pakistan's High Commission in India.

The building has distinctive Islamic architecture, Islamic architectural features, such as Minaret, minarets and a Dome#South Asian domes, blue dome. , there were 98 personnel working at the mission.

August 2013 attack by Indian Youth Congress mobs

On 7 August 2013, members of the youth wing of the Indian National Congress (known as the Indian Youth Congress) attacked the Pakistani High Commission in response to Media of India, news reports of the deaths of five Indian Army soldiers, who were killed the day before in a cross-border firefight with the Pakistan Army during the 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes#In August, 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes at the Line of Control in the disputed region of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir.

The protesters turned violent as they pushed back police barricades and engaged in scuffles with local law enforcement. The Delhi Police resorted to using Water cannon, water cannons to disperse the crowd. Around 175 people were detained, but later released. Similar protests were also organized in other major urban centres throughout India, including in the cities of Mumbai and Hyderabad.

See also

* India–Pakistan relations
* List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan
* List of diplomatic missions in India

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Diplomatic missions in India
Diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Pakistan
Diplomatic missions of Pakistan, New Delhi
India–Pakistan relations
Attacks on diplomatic missions in India
India and the Commonwealth of Nations
Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations