India is not the only country that celebrates Independence Day on the 15th of August. There are others such as North and South Korea, Congo and Liechtenstein that share the same day as their Independence Day. However, these countries became independent in different years.
The only common national holiday observed by both North and South Korea, ‘National Liberation Day of Korea’ commemorates the end of the Japanese colonisation of the Korean Peninsula on August 15, 1945.
Gwangbokjeol is another name for the day (meaning Time of the Restoration of Light).
Three years later, Korea’s first independent administrations were established.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo celebrates its independence on August 15, also known as Congolese National Day.
In the year 1960, the country gained full independence from France, exactly 80 years after it had been under French administration.
Liechtenstein, the world’s sixth smallest country, celebrates its independence from German control on August 15 and has done so since 1866.
The day has been observed since 1940 and coincides with Prince Franz-Josef II’s (the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death in 2009) birthday on August 16.
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