List of Countries gained Independence from UK

This is a list of countries and territories formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of theBritish Empire, with their independence days.

Country	Date	Year of Independence	Notes
Bangladesh	26 March	1971	Bangladesh Liberation War, though Bangladesh gained direct sovereignty from Pakistan, they were liberated from the UK asEast Bengal
Afghanistan	19 August	1919
Antigua and Barbuda	1 November	1981
Australia	01 January	1901
Bahamas	10 July	1973
Bahrain	16 December	1971	15 August 1971
Barbados	30 November	1966	Barbados Independence Act 1966
Belize	21 September	1981	September Celebrations of Belize
Botswana	30 September	1966
Brunei	1 January	1984
Canada	1 July	1867	Constitution Act, 1867 Canada Day
Cyprus	1 October	1960	16 August 1960, but Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October.[1]
Dominica	3 November	1978
Egypt	13 June	1956
Fiji	10 October	1970
The Gambia	18 February	1965
Ghana	6 March	1957
Grenada	7 February	1974	Independence Day (Grenada)
Guyana	26 May	1966
India	15 August	1947
Israel	14 May	1948
Iraq	3 October	1932
Ireland(26 counties)	24 April (Easter Monday)	1922	Proclamation of the Irish Republic commencing the Easter Rising on 24 April 1916
Jamaica	6 August	1962
Jordan	25 May	1946
Kenya	12 December	1963
Kiribati	12 July	1979
Kuwait	25 February	1961
Lesotho	4 October	1966
Malawi	6 July	1964
Malaysia	31 August	1957	Hari Merdeka
Maldives	26 July	1965
Malta	21 September	1964
Mauritius	12 March	1968
Myanmar	4 January	1948
Nauru	31 January	1968	Independence from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand on 31 January 1968.
New Zealand	6 February	1840	Celebrated as Waitangi Day. Also see Independence of New Zealand
Nigeria	1 October	1960
Pakistan	14 August	1947	Yaum e Azadi. Independence from the United Kingdom on 27 Ramadan ul Mubarik, 14 August 1947
Qatar	3 September	1971
Saint Lucia	22 February	1979
Saint Kitts and Nevis	19 September	1983
Seychelles	29 June	1976
Sierra Leone	27 April	1961
Solomon Islands	7 July	1978
South Africa	11 December	1931	1931. Not a public holiday. Union of South Africa formed on 31 May 1910 and Republic of South Africa declared on 31 May 1961
Sri Lanka	4 February	1948	4 February 1948, Sri Lanka had their independence. Nearly 150 years of UK ruling the countries they finally had independence. At the time the country's name was British Ceylon.
Sudan	1 January	1956
Swaziland	6 September	1968
Tanzania	9 December	1961
Trinidad and Tobago	31 August	1962
Tuvalu	1 October	1978
Uganda	9 October	1962
United Arab Emirates	2 December	1971	National Day (United Arab Emirates)
United States	4 July	1776	Fourth of July. Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776
Vanuatu	30 July	1980	Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980
Yemen	30 November	1967	South Yemen 1967
Zambia	24 October	1964
Zimbabwe	18 April	1980.