List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom
Colonies

List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom

Section Title: Colonies
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Country	Date	Year of Independence	Notes

Afghanistan	19 August	1919	Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919

Antigua and Barbuda	1 November	1981

Australia	11 December	1931	Australia Act 1986 Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.

The Bahamas	10 July	1973

Bahrain	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	11 December	1931	Statute of Westminster, 1931 British North America Act 1867, July 1st: Canada Day Constitution Act, 1982

Cyprus	1 October	1960	16 August 1960, but Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October.

Dominica	3 November	1978

Egypt	28 February	1922	True Egyptian independence only came in 1952; during the 1922-1952 period, the Egyptian rulers were forced by the UK to defer to British "advisers" in Cairo and the UK truly controlled Egypt's foreign policy and defense and at will stationed British troops on Egyptian territory.

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	Independence Day (India)

Ireland	6 December	1922	Republic of Ireland Act and Ireland Act 1949

Iraq	3 October	1932

Jamaica	6 August	1962	Independence Day (6 August)

Jordan	25 May	1946

Kenya	12 December	1963

Kiribati	12 July	1979

Kuwait	19 June	1961

Lesotho	4 October	1966

Libya	24 December	1951	Libya had been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire since the middle of the sixteenth century. Following the Italo-Turkish war of 1912, Libya became an Italian colony.

Malawi	6 July	1964

Malaysia	31 August	1957	Hari Merdeka Singapore gained independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.

Maldives	26 July	1965

Malta	21 September	1964

Mauritius	12 March	1968

Myanmar	4 January	1948	Gained independence as Burma. Renamed Myanmar in 1989, but still officially known by the United Kingdom government as Burma.

Nauru	31 January	1968	Independence from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand on 31 January 1968.

New Zealand	11 December	1931	Dominion Day Samoa gained independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962. New Zealand has responsibilities for two freely associated states: Cook Islands (from 4 August 1965) Niue (from 19 October 1974)

Nigeria	1 October	1960

Pakistan	14 August	1947	Independence Day (Pakistan) Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 (recognised in 1972).

Qatar	3 September	1971

Saint Lucia	22 February	1979

Saint Kitts and Nevis	19 September	1983

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27 October	1979

Seychelles	29 June	1976

Sierra Leone	27 April	1961

Solomon Islands	7 July	1978

South Africa	11 December	1931	1931 adoption of Statute of Westminster. Not a public holiday.

Palestine	14 May	1948

Sri Lanka	4 February	1948	Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.

Sudan	1 January	1956	South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011.

Swaziland	6 September	1968

Tanzania	9 December	1961

Tonga	4 June	1970

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	Rhodesia declared independence from United Kingdom on 11 November 1965

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Barbados is a country to achieve independence from the United Kingdom.

final_sentence: Barbados is a country to achieve independence from the United Kingdom.