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11 Moments Where History Comes Alive at the Islamabad Wax Museum

Aftab Chengezi the figure craftsman’s colossal ability is in plain view at the exhibition hall. Situated in Shakarparian alongside the Islamabad Monument is the Islamabad Wax Museum. The wax forms there take us on an authentic voyage back in time, beginning in 1300’s. It is utterly astounding at how lifelike they are, comparable to Madam Tuso’s wax museum in London.

Talk a walk through history and come face to face with some of the greatest men that in South Asia.

1. Amir Taimur

Sculpted in wax stands one of the greatest conquerors of South Asia, second only to Alexander the Great. A who ruler who had a vast empire, from Transoxiana (part of Turkistan), Afghanistan, Persia, Syria, Kurdistan. He conquered everything to Delhi all in the 1300’s.

2. The Mughal Era

See the magnificence of the Mughal period up close. The beautiful clothing they wore and the artistic architecture. Witness a small piece of how the royalty of South Asia lived.

3. The First War of Independence

You’ve read the history now see it come alive through the creations of a talented sculpture artist.

4. Alama Iqbal

No words can portray this man and what he did and accomplishes for Pakistan. His words live on in our national song of praise and as an update, of why Pakistan appeared.

5. Quaid-e-Azam

The man who put Pakistan on the map the Great Muhammad Ali Jinnah, better known as the Quaid-e-Azam. A dynamic leader that achieved what no other had, he helped to create a country based on religion.  To stand before him is be in awe.

6. Quaid-e-Azam and Gandhi

Two men who changed the face of the planet enough said.

7. Lord Mountbatten – The Round Table Meetings

Where the fight for Pakistan continued, with Nehru, Quaid-e-Azam and Lord Mountbatten The round-table meetings, if only these statues could speak and tell us what happened there.

8. Fatima Jinnah and Quaid-e-Azam

Two individuals that gave everything up to see Pakistan created.

9. Migration of 1947

What people walked away with to come to their new home. What they left behind and no idea of how things would turn out.

10. Quaid-e-Azam at the 1st Assembly

Pakistan’s history in the making.

11. Liaquat Ali

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Take a trip to the Islamabad Wax Museum and see for yourself the history that makes us who we are.

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