Holidays on 26th July

Liberian Independence Day

Liberia signed their Declaration of Independence on this day in 1847 to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by America, was to become an independent state.

Maldives Independence Day

The Maldives had their independence agreed in 1965 from the United Kingdom. An agreement was signed of behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and Her Majesty the Queen to end the British responsibility of defence and external affairs of the Maldives, meaning it achieved full political independence.

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