Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day
| Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day (Independence Day of Baltistan is 14 August 1948) یومِ آزادی گِلگِت بَلتِسْتان | |
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Gilgit Scouts raising the Pakistani flag during Operation Datta Khel, c. 1947 | |
| Observed by | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Significance | Commemorates the independence and accession to Pakistan |
| Celebrations | Flag hoisting, parade, award ceremony, singing patriotic songs and the national anthem, speeches by the Governor and Chief Minister, entertainment and cultural programs |
| Date | 1 November |
| Next time | 1 November 2025 |
| Frequency | annual |
Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی گِلگِت بَلتِسْتان; Balti: གིལ༌གིད། བལ༌དིས༌དན། ལ༌ཟ༌དི༌ ྱཞིཀ༎) is celebrated on 1 November every year as independence from Dogra Raj in 1947 but Independence day of Baltistan is 14 August 1948. Every 1 November is a holiday in Gilgit-Baltistan, the flag hoisting ceremony is attended by the Governor, Chief Minister, Force Commander Northern Areas along with civil and military officials and war veterans of GB.
In 2020 during the GB independence day celebration event in Gilgit, former Prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan announced the provisional province status for Gilgit-Baltistan.