NATIONAL DAY – MALDIVES
Republic Day is a public holiday in the Maldives and celebrates the islands changing from a monarchy to a republic on 11th November 1968. Independence came to the Maldives in…
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NATIONAL DAY – ZAMBIA
On October 24th 1964, the British colony of Northern Rhodesia became the independent Republic of Zambia, after decades of nationalist struggle.
NATIONAL DAY – UGANDA
Uganda’s National Day is celebrated on October 9th every year and marks the anniversary of the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Explorer Henry Stanley discovered Uganda in…
NATIONAL DAY – NIGERIA
Celebrated annual on the first day of October, Nigeria’s National Day marks the anniversary of the country’s proclamation of independence from British rule on 1st October 1960. In 1914, the…
NATIONAL DAY – BOTSWANA
The National Day of Botswana, commonly called Boipuso, is a holiday observed in Botswana on September 30th of every year. The date celebrates Botswana’s Declaration of Independence from the United…
NATIONAL DAY – BELIZE
Belize had been a British Crown Colony since 1862. On September 21st, 1981, Belize was then declared an independent nation, free from British rule. Annually, to celebrate this historic moment,…
NATIONAL DAY – ST KITTS AND NEVIS
Every September 19th, Kittitians and Nevisians gather to commemorate their independence from the United Kingdom. Internal autonomy came first in 1967 — when the island became an associated state of…