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that is not the issue here, first thing was dominion issue, Jinnah didnot take oath on to be loyal to Crown or King of England, where as India remained loyal to Crown...and accepted Mountbatten as its governor general...that is the leader... so technically you got a leader who was not indian national, not part of INC...yet ruling India...while claims are made for struggle for independence from INC.... it doesnot really make sense, year after the independence you still listen sermons from Lord Mountbatten..
I'd accept Pakistan turned a sovereign nation in 1947 if Jinnah had declared himself President of the nation and relinquish any ties Pakistan has with the King at that time, or if AIML had turned into a separatist group fighting British India and declaring Pakistan as an independent nation.
But the fact remains that India and Pakistan, although got officially independent on 15 August 1947, were still Dominions (thereby still recognizing the Crown) until 26 jan 1950 for India and 23 march 1956 for Pakistan. The question is in which world is the Governor-General bigger then the King?
We have to accept that we didn't snatch our independence(like USA), it was a transfer of power.
another tidbit...according to the Indian Independence Act 1947 both India and Pakistan got independence on 15 August 1947.