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National day

designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation

National days are the days which are very special and important for a nation. A National day is a special day where people celebrate their country or nation each year. Most countries have national days and they are usually a national holiday, where people don't go to work or school. In many countries which used to be colonies, the national day is known as Independence Day because it remembers the day they became independent from their old empire. In other countries like China, the national day remembers when the old government of the country changed to the new one. In the past, the king or emperor's birthdays were often treated as a kind of national day.

Most countries have only one national day each year but some (like India, Bangladesh and Pakistan) have more than one. The different parts of the United Kingdom used to be separate independent nations and still have national days, but the UK does not have one holiday for the whole country apart from the Queen's Official Birthday. (This isn't her real birthday or an official holiday, but a special Saturday to remember her when people are usually already off work anyway.) Denmark is another country that has no official national day.

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  Independence-related national day
  Unification or revolution-related national day
  Other reasons for national day
  No official national day
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  • Vanuatu 30 July (Independence Day, from the United Kingdom and France 1980)
  • Vatican City 24 April (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope 2005)
  • Venezuela 5 July (Independence Day, declaration of independence from Spain 1811)
  • Vietnam 2 September (National Day, declaration of independence from France and Japan 1945)

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  • Zambia 24 October (Independence Day, declaration of independence from the United Kingdom 1964)
  • Zimbabwe 18 April (Independence Day, declaration of independence from the United Kingdom 1980; it had previously declared independence as Rhodesia in 1965)
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  1. ↑ "Baluchistan Independence Day". Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  2. ↑ http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoCountryPage/setimes/resource_centre/countries/bih?country=BiH
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Loi n° 83-550 du 30 juin 1983 relative à la commémoration de l'abolition de l'esclavage - Legifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Embassy of the State of Palestine to Paraguay" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
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