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An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a military occupation, or after a major change in government. Many countries commemorate their independence from a colonial empire.

Not all countries mark independence as a national holiday. Many, such as Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey mark other dates of significance.

List

List of independence days of countries around the world

Country	Name of holiday	Date of holiday	Year of event	Independence from	Event commemorated and notes
Afghanistan	Independence Day	19 August	1919	United Kingdom	Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
	Liberation Day	15 February	1989	Soviet Union	Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Albania	Independence Day	28 November	1912	Ottoman Empire	Albanian Declaration of Independence. During the First Balkan War, risked by separation after war, Ismail Qemali, the first Albanian leader, declared independence in a speech only 5 minutes long. This became the Second November, after the First November, when Skanderbeg raised the Albanian flag in Krujë. The following Day, 29th November, consists of the Liberation of Albania from Nazi Germany. In this day, Albanian partisans and fighters are remembered.
Algeria	Independence Day	5 July	1962	France	Algeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria.
Angola	Independence Day	11 November	1975	Portugal	The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
Antigua and Barbuda	Independence Day	1 November	1981	United Kingdom	The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July.
Argentina	Independence Day	9 July	1816	Spanish Empire	Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Armenia	Republic Day	28 May	1918	Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic	Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
	Independence Day	21 September	1991	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Azerbaijan	Independence Day	28 May	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan
	Day of Restoration of Independence	18 October	1991	Soviet Union	Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan"
The Bahamas	Independence Day	10 July	1973	United Kingdom	Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973
Bahrain	Independence Day	16 December	1971	United Kingdom	Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.
Bangladesh	Independence Day	26 March	1971	Pakistan	Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence
	Victory Day	16 December	1971		Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War
Barbados	Independence Day	30 November	1966	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Barbados Independence Act 1966. Also the anniversary of the formal proclamation of Barbados as a Republic in the Commonwealth in 2021.
Belarus	Independence Day	3 July	1944	Nazi Germany	The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
Belgium	National Day	21 July	1831	Netherlands	Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.
Belize	Independence Day	21 September	1981	United Kingdom	Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.
Benin	Independence Day	1 August	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.
Bhutan	National Day	17 December	1907
Bolivia	Independence Day	6 August	1825	Spain	Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Independence Day	1 March	1992	Yugoslavia	1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Botswana	Independence Day	30 September	1966	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.
Brazil	Independence Day (Dia da Independência)	7 September	1822	Portugal	Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).
Brunei	National Day	23 February	1984	United Kingdom	Brunei gained full independence effective 1 January 1984 under the Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation of 7 January 1979 between United Kingdom and Brunei. However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.
Bulgaria	Liberation Day	3 March	1878	Ottoman Empire	Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.
	Independence Day	22 September	1908		Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.
Burkina Faso	Proclamation of Independence Day	11 December	1958	France	Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
	Independence Day	5 August	1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.
Burundi	Independence Day	1 July	1962	Belgium	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.
Cambodia	Independence Day	9 November	1953	France	Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953.
Cameroon	National Day	20 May	1960	United Kingdom  France	Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum.
Canada	Canada Day	1 July	1867	United Kingdom	Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Cape Verde	Independence Day	5 July	1975	Portugal	Effective date of the Agreement Between Portugal and Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) signed on 18 December 1974.
Central African Republic	National Day	1 December	1958	France	Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.
	Independence Day	13 August	1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chad	Republic Day	28 November	1958		Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
	Independence Day	11 August	1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chile	Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)	18 September	1810	Spanish Empire	Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile. The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day. The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas Patrias.
China, People's Republic of	National Day	1 October	1949	Republic of China	Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's Republic of China
Colombia	Independence Day	20 July	1810	Spanish Empire	Colombian Declaration of Independence
Comoros	Independence Day	6 July	1975	France	Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the 1974 Comorian independence referendum.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Independence Day	30 June	1960	Belgium	Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.
Congo, Republic of the	Republic Day	28 November	1958	France	Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
	Independence Day	15 August	1960	France
Costa Rica	Independence Day	15 September	1821	Spanish Empire	Act of Independence of Central America.
Croatia	National Day	30 May	1990	Yugoslavia	First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election. 8 October (when the parliament adopted a decision to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia in 1991) and 25 June (when the parliament voted for independence in 1991) were also celebrated as independence days. After the 2019 changes to the law on public holidays, 8 October is the Parliament Day and 25 June is the Independence Day, but they are memorial days and not public holidays.
Cuba	Independence Day	10 October	1868	Spanish Empire	Call to rebellion (known as Grito de Yara) by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that led to the Ten Years' War for independence.
Cyprus	Independence Day	1 October	1960	United Kingdom	Effective date of the London-Zürich Agreements was 16 August 1960, but the public holiday was moved to 1 October to avoid summer heat and tourist season.
Czech Republic	Independence Day	28 October	1918	Austria-Hungary	Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council. Official day of independence of the Czech Republic
	Restoration Day	1 January	1993	Czechoslovakia	Effective date of the Peaceful Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Djibouti	Independence Day	27 June	1977	France
Dominica	Independence Day	3 November	1978	United Kingdom
Dominican Republic	Independence Day	30 November	1821	Spanish Empire	Independence from Spain in November 1821.
		27 February	1844	Haiti	Independence re-declared from Haiti in 1844, after a 22-year occupation. Start of the Dominican War of Independence.
	Restoration Day	16 August	1863	Spanish Empire	Day of Grito del Capotillo on August 16, 1863. Independence officially restored from Spain on July 11, 1865 after victory in the Dominican Restoration War.
East Timor	Proclamation of Independence Day	28 November	1975	Portugal	East Timor Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 1975.
Ecuador	Independence Day	10 August	1809	Spanish Empire	Proclaimed independence on 10 August 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on 2 August 1810.
Egypt	Revolution Day	23 July	1952	United Kingdom
El Salvador	Independence Day	15 September	1821	Spanish Empire	Act of Independence of Central America.
Equatorial Guinea	Independence Day	12 October	1968	Spain
Eritrea	Independence Day	24 May	1991	Ethiopia	Eritrean War of Independence.
Estonia	Independence Day	24 February	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Estonian Declaration of Independence.
	Day of Restoration of Independence	20 August	1991	Soviet Union	Estonian Restoration of Independence.
Eswatini	Independence Day (Somhlolo Day)	6 September	1968	United Kingdom	Commemorates independence. Also called Somhlolo Day or Subhuza Day, after the 19th-century leader Sobhuza I.
Fiji	Fiji Day	10 October	1970	United Kingdom	Instruments of Independence
Finland	Independence Day	6 December	1917	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Finnish Declaration of Independence
Gabon	Independence Day	16–17 August	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 15 July.
Gambia, The	Independence Day	18 February	1965	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
Georgia	Independence Day	26 May	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Day of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918.
	National Unity Day	9 April	1991	Soviet Union
Germany	German Unity Day	3 October	1990	West Germany  East Germany  Soviet Union	It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified.
Ghana	Independence Day	6 March	1957	United Kingdom
Greece	Independence Day	25 March	1821	Ottoman Empire	Declaration of independence 1821. Start of the Greek War of Independence.
Grenada	Independence Day	7 February	1974	United Kingdom
Guatemala	Independence Day	15 September	1821	Spanish Empire	Act of Independence of Central America.
Guinea	Independence Day	2 October	1958	France
Guinea-Bissau	Independence Day	24 September	1973	Portugal
Guyana	Independence Day	26 May	1966	United Kingdom
Haiti	Independence Day	1 January	1804	France  Spain	Haitian Declaration of Independence.
Honduras	Independence Day	15 September	1821	Spanish Empire	Act of Independence of Central America.
Hungary	Day of Hungarian Freedom (A magyar szabadság napja)	Last Saturday of June	1991	Hungarian People's Republic  Soviet Union	Restoration of Hungary's sovereignty after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in June 1991.
Iceland	National Day	17 June	1944	Denmark	Effective date of the dissolution of the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union following the 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum.
India	Independence Day (Swatantra Diwas)	15 August	1947	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Indonesia	Independence Day (Hari Kemerdekaan)	17 August	1945	Empire of Japan  Netherlands	Proclamation of Indonesian Independence.
Iran	Iranian Islamic Republic Day	1 April	1979	Imperial State of Persia	After holding a referendum, Iran officially became an Islamic republic in April 1979.
Iraq	Independence Day	3 October	1932	United Kingdom
Israel	Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut)	Iyar 5 (On or between 15 April and 15 May, depending on the Hebrew calendar).	1948	United Kingdom  Mandatory Palestine British Mandate for Palestine	Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708 in the Hebrew calendar). Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5 Iyar, so it occurs between 3 and 6 Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the Gregorian calendar.
Ivory Coast	Independence Day	7 August	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.
Jamaica	Independence Day	6 August	1962	United Kingdom	Independence of Jamaica.
Japan	National Foundation Day	11 February	660 BCE
Jordan	Independence Day	25 May	1946	United Kingdom  Emirate of Transjordan Mandate for Palestine	Ascension of Abdullah I of Jordan to the throne.
Kazakhstan	Independence Day	16 December	1991	Soviet Union
Kenya	Jamhuri Day	12 December	1963	United Kingdom
Kiribati	National Day	12 July	1979	United Kingdom	Kiribati gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979.
North Korea	National Liberation Day of Korea (Chogukhaebangŭi nal)	15 August	1945	Empire of Japan	Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded in 1948.
South Korea	March 1st Movement (Samiljeol)	1 March	1919		Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. This day is celebrated as Samiljeol, or Independence Proclamation Day.
	National Liberation Day of Korea (Gwangbokjeol)	15 August	1945		Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was founded in 1919.
Kosovo	Independence Day	17 February	2008	Serbia	February 17th is celebrated as Independence Day in Kosovo, commemorating the declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, marking a significant milestone in the nation's history.
Kuwait	National Day	25 February	1961	United Kingdom	Independence actually occurred on 19 June 1961, but celebrate on 25 February each year to honor Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim, who is credited with ending the treaties with Britain and instigating democratic life in Kuwait.
Kyrgyzstan	Independence Day	31 August	1991	Soviet Union
Latvia	Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia	18 November	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic  German Empire	Proclamation of independence on 18 November 1918. Latvia was part of Russian Empire prior to World War I, but its territory had been ceded to German Empire in March 1918.
	Day of Restoration of Independence	4 May	1990	Soviet Union	On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia.
Lebanon	Independence Day	22 November	1943	Vichy France
Lesotho	Independence Day	4 October	1966	United Kingdom
Liberia	Independence Day	26 July	1847	American Colonization Society	Liberian Declaration of Independence.
Libya	Independence Day	24 December	1951	United Kingdom  Italy  France	Independence from Italy on 10 February 1947, released from British and French on 24 December 1951.
Liechtenstein	National Day	15 August	1866	German Confederation
Lithuania	Statehood Restoration Day	16 February	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic  German Empire	Act of Independence of Lithuania.
	Independence Restoration Day	11 March	1990	Soviet Union	Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Madagascar	Independence Day	26 June	1960	France
Malawi	Independence Day	6 July	1964	United Kingdom
Malaysia	Independence Day/National Day (Hari Kemerdekaan/Hari Kebangsaan)	31 August	1957		Malayan Declaration of Independence.
	Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia)	16 September	1965		Malaysia Agreement
Maldives	Independence Day	26 July	1965	United Kingdom
Mali	Independence Day	22 September	1960	France
Malta	Independence Day	21 September	1964	United Kingdom
Marshall Islands	Constitution Day	1 May	1979	United States
Mauritania	Independence Day	28 November	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 19 October.
Mauritius	Independence Day	12 March	1968	United Kingdom
Mexico	Independence Day (Día de la Independéncia) Cry of Dolores (Grito de Dolores)	16 September	1810	Spanish Empire	Start of the Mexican War of Independence.
Micronesia	Independence Day	3 November	1986	United States	Effective date of the Compact of Free Association.
Moldova	Independence Day	27 August	1991	Soviet Union	Moldovan Declaration of Independence.
Mongolia	Independence Day	29 December	1911	Qing dynasty	Independence declared in 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution. However, Mongolian independence was neither recognized by Qing China nor its successor state, the Republic of China. The newly established Bogd Khanate of Mongolia led by the Bogd Khan lasted for 8 years until it was occupied by the Republic of China in 1919, to regain independence not long after.The Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor issued in 1912 provided the legal basis for the Republic of China to inherit all Qing territories, including Mongolia. The Republic of China later established de facto control over Mongolia in 1919. Mongolia subsequently re-asserted its independence in 1921. During the years of socialism, the value of this historically important day was ignored, but the law of the State Greate Khural of the Republic of Mongolia on August 16, 2007, made December 29 a public holiday, and later enshrined it into law on December 23, 2011, making it a public holiday, the Day of the Restoration of National Freedom and Independence.
Montenegro	Independence Day	21 May	2006	Serbia and Montenegro	2006 Montenegrin independence referendum.
Morocco	Proclamation of Independence Day	11 January	1944	France  Spain	Proclamation of Independence.
	Independence Day	18 November	1955		Return of Mohammed V of Morocco from exile.
Mozambique	Independence Day Dia da Independência Nacional	25 June	1975	Portugal	In September 1964 the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) began an armed guerilla campaign against the Portuguese. FRELIMO took control of Maputo in April 1974 in a coup. Independence for Mozambique was officially declared a year later on 25 June 1975.
Myanmar	Independence Day	4 January	1948	United Kingdom	Burmese Declaration of Independence.
Namibia	Independence Day	21 March	1990	South Africa
Nauru	Independence Day	31 January	1968	Australia  New Zealand  United Kingdom	Effective date of the Nauru Independence Act 1967. Also marks the date of the return of the Nauruans from Truk island after the Japanese occupation of Nauru during World War II.
Nicaragua	Independence Day	15 September	1821	Spain	Act of Independence of Central America.
Niger	Independence Day	3 August	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.
Nigeria	Independence Day	1 October	1960	United Kingdom
North Macedonia	Republic Day	2 August	1903	Ottoman Empire	Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived Kruševo Republic during the Ilinden Uprising.
	Independence Day (Den na nezavisnosta)	8 September	1991	Yugoslavia
Norway	Constitution Day	17 May	1814	Denmark	National Day: Independence and the Constitution of Norway (17 May 1814).
	Independence Day	7 June	1905	Sweden	Union Dissolution and Independence Day (7 June 1905).
Oman	National Day	18 November	1650	Portugal
Pakistan	Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi)	14 August	1947	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947; see also: Pakistan Day (23 March).
Palau	Independence Day	1 October	1994	United States	9 July 1980 is Palau's Constitution Day usually commemorated with formal events. Independence Day celebrations are more elaborate and last several days.
Palestine	Independence Day	15 November	1988	Israel	Palestinian Declaration of Independence on 15 November 1988.
Panama	Independence Day	28 November	1821	Spanish Empire	Independence Act of Panama
	Separation Day	3 November	1903	Colombia	Panama was member of Gran Colombia until 1903. The 1903 separation from Colombia is celebrated as an official holiday day on 3 November.
Papua New Guinea	Independence Day	16 September	1975	Australia	Effective date of the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975
Paraguay	Independence Day	14 and 15 May	1811	Spanish Empire
Peru	Independence Day	28 July	1821	Spanish Empire
Philippines	Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan)	12 June	1898		Philippine Declaration of Independence by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the United States on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964.
	Republic Day	4 July	1946	United States
Poland	Independence Day (Święto Niepodległości)	11 November	1918	Russian Republic  Austria-Hungary  German Empire	Restoration of Poland's independence in 1918 after 123 years of partitions by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
Portugal	Restoration of Independence Day	1 December	1640	Spanish Empire	Portugal was officially an autonomous state, but the country was in a personal union with the Spanish crown from 1580 to 1640 – date of the restoration of full Portuguese autonomy from Iberian Union with Spain.
Qatar	National Day	18 December	1878	Ottoman Empire
Romania	National Independence Day (Ziua Independenței Naționale)	10 May	1876	Ottoman Empire	Romania's declaration of its independence and subsequent victory in the Romanian War of Independence, part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, against the Ottoman Empire.
	Great Union Day (Ziua Unirii Mare)	1 December	1918		Unification of Romania on 1 December 1918
Rwanda	Independence Day	1 July	1962	Belgium	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Rwanda-Urundi Trusteeship.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Independence Day	19 September	1983	United Kingdom
Saint Lucia	Independence Day	22 February	1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Independence Day	27 October	1979
Samoa	Independence Day	1 June	1962	New Zealand
São Tomé and Príncipe	Independence Day	12 July	1975	Portugal	Effective date of the agreement with Portugal reached on 26 November 1974.
Senegal	Independence Day	4 April	1960	France
Serbia	Statehood Day	15 February	1804 and 1835	Ottoman Empire	Outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into a Serbian Revolution; the adoption of the first modern constitution in 1835.
Seychelles	Independence Day	29 June	1976	United Kingdom
Sierra Leone	Independence Day	27 April	1961
Singapore	National Day	9 August	1965	Malaysia	Proclamation of Singapore.
Slovakia	Independence Day	28 October	1918	Austria-Hungary	Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council.
	Independence Day	17 July	1992	Czechoslovakia	Declaration of Independence in 1992 (only a remembrance day), de jure independence came on 1 January 1993, after the division of Czechoslovakia (public holiday).
	Restoration Day	1 January	1993	Czechoslovakia	Effective date of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Slovenia	Statehood Day	25 June	1991	Yugoslavia	Date of Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
	Independence and Unity Day	26 December	1990	Yugoslavia	Date of the release of the official results of the independence plebiscite in 1990, confirming secession from Yugoslavia.
Solomon Islands	Independence Day	7 July	1978	United Kingdom
Somalia	Independence Day	26 June	1960	United Kingdom
Somaliland	Independence Day	26 June	1960	United Kingdom
	Independence Day	18 May	1990	Somalia
Sri Lanka	Independence Day	4 February	1948	United Kingdom	Celebrates to commemorate the country’s political independence from British rule in 1948. Event celebrated annually.
Sudan	Independence Day	1 January	1956	United Kingdom  Egypt
South Sudan	Independence Day	9 July	2011	Sudan
Suriname	Independence Day	25 November	1975	Netherlands
Switzerland	Swiss National Day	1 August	1291	Holy Roman Empire	Alliance against the Holy Roman Empire in 1291.
Syria	Evacuation Day	17 April	1946	France	End of the French Mandate of Syria in 1946.
Tajikistan	Independence Day	9 September	1991	Soviet Union
Tanzania	Independence Day	9 December	1961	United Kingdom	Independence as Tanganyika.
Togo	Independence Day	27 April	1960	France
Tonga	Emancipation Day	4 June	1970	United Kingdom	Termination of protectorate status in 1970.
Trinidad and Tobago	Independence Day	31 August	1962		Effective date of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.
Tunisia	Independence Day	20 March	1956	France
Turkmenistan	Independence Day	27 September	1991	Soviet Union
Tuvalu	Independence Day	1 October	1978	United Kingdom
Uganda	Independence Day	9 October	1962	United Kingdom
Ukraine	Independence Day	24 August	1991	Soviet Union	Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
	Day of Unity	22 January	1919	Russian SFSR  Austria-Hungary	Unification of Ukraine on 22 January 1919.
United Arab Emirates	National Day	2 December	1971	United Kingdom
United States	Independence Day or Fourth of July	4 July	1776	Kingdom of Great Britain	United States Declaration of Independence
Uruguay	Independence Day	25 August	1825	Empire of Brazil	Declaration of independence and union with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Uzbekistan	Independence Day	1 September	1991	Soviet Union
Vanuatu	Independence Day	30 July	1980	United Kingdom  France
Vatican City	Lateran Treaty Day	11 February	1929	Kingdom of Italy	Lateran Treaty establishing Vatican City as an independent state
Venezuela	Independence Day	5 July	1811	Spanish Empire	Venezuelan Declaration of Independence.
Vietnam	National Day	2 September	1945	Empire of Japan  France	Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Yemen	Independence Day	30 November	1967	United Kingdom	Declaration of independence as Kingdom of Yemen
Zambia	Independence Day	24 October	1964	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Zambia Independence Act 1964.
Zimbabwe	Independence Day	18 April	1980	United Kingdom	Granting of independence by the United Kingdom in 1980

See also

• Decolonization
• Political history of the world
• Timeline of national independence
• List of countries that gained independence from Spain

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Notes

1. Independence was at midnight on the 14/15 August, Pakistan chose to celebrate independence on the 14th and India on the 15th.
2. Independence was at midnight on the 14/15 August, Pakistan chose to celebrate independence on the 14th and India on the 15th.

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