In 1947 British India was divided into the independent sovereign states of India and Pakistan. From 1947 to 1956 Pakistan was a monarchy within the United Kingdom and the other Dominions in the British Commonwealth of Nations.
With the adoption of a republican constitution in 1956, Pakistan abolished the monarchy and became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Tunisia achieved independence from France in March 1956 with Habib Bourguiba as Prime Minister.
A year later, Tunisia was declared a republic, with Bourguiba as the first President.
