National day

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, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, used to be separate independent nations and still have national days, but the United Kingdom does not have one national holiday for the whole country (the British Monarch's Official Birthday, which is not held on the monarch's actual birthday, is not an official holiday, but a special Saturday traditionally held in June, when the weather is usually better for ceremonies and when people are usually already off work anyway). Denmark is another country that has no official national day.

List of national days

  Independence-related national day
  Unification or revolution-related national day
  Other reasons for national day
  No official national day
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References

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  2. ↑ http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoCountryPage/setimes/resource_centre/countries/bih?country=BiH
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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.