GK - Countries and its Independence Date
The following table illustrates name of the country and its independence date −
| Country |
Date |
| Hungary |
August 20, 1000 |
| Switzerland |
August 1, 1291 |
| Sweden |
June 6, 1523 |
| Portugal |
December 1, 1640 |
| United States |
July 4, 1776 |
| Haiti |
January 1, 1804 |
| Serbia |
February 15, 1804 |
| Ecuador |
August 10, 1809 |
| Chile |
February 12, 1810 |
| Colombia |
July 20, 1810 |
| Mexico |
September 16, 1810 |
| Paraguay |
May 15, 1811 |
| Venezuela |
July 5, 1811 |
| Norway |
May, 1814 |
| Argentina |
July 9, 1816 |
| Costa Rica |
September 15, 1821 |
| Greece |
March 25, 1821 |
| Peru |
July 28, 1821 |
| Nicaragua |
September 15, 1821 |
| Honduras |
September 15, 1821 |
| Guatemala |
September 15, 1821 |
| El Salvador |
September 15, 1821 |
| Dominican Republic |
December 1, 1821 |
| Ecuador |
May 24, 1822 |
| Brazil |
September 7, 1822 |
| Bolivia |
August 6, 1825 |
| Uruguay |
August 25, 1825 |
| Belgium |
July 21, 1831 |
| Liberia |
July 26, 1847 |
| Canada |
July, 1867 |
| Romania |
May 10, 1877 |
| Philippines |
June 12, 1898 |
| Cuba |
May 20, 1902 |
| Panama |
November 3, 1903 |
| Bulgaria |
September 22, 1908 |
| Mongolia |
December 29, 1911 |
| Albania |
November 28, 1912 |
| Ireland |
April 24, 1916 |
| Finland |
December 6, 1917 |
| Lithuania |
February 16, 1918 |
| Estonia |
February 24, 1918 |
| Georgia |
May 26, 1918 |
| Armenia |
May 28, 1918 |
| Azerbaijan |
May 28, 1918 |
| Czech Republic |
October 28, 1918 |
| Poland |
November 11, 1918 |
| Latvia |
November 18, 1918 |
| Ukraine |
January 22, 1919 |
| Afghanistan |
August 19, 1919 |
| Turkey |
October 29, 1923 |
| South Africa |
December 11, 1931 |
| Iraq |
October 3, 1932 |
| Lebanon |
November 22, 1943 |
| Iceland |
June 3, 1944 |
| Belarus |
July 3, 1944 |
| South Korea |
August 15, 1945 |
| North Korea |
August 15, 1945 |
| Vietnam |
September 2, 1945 |
| Jordan |
May 25, 1946 |
| Syria |
April 17, 1946 |
| Pakistan |
August 14, 1947 |
| India |
August 15, 1947 |
| Myanmar |
January 4, 1948 |
| Israel |
Between April 15 & May 15, 1948 (depending on Hebrew Calendar) |
| Sri Lanka |
February 4, 1948 |
| Libya |
December 24, 1951 |
| Cambodia |
November 9, 1953 |
| Laos |
October 22, 1953 |
| Austria |
October 26, 1955 |
| Morocco |
November 18, 1955 |
| Sudan |
January 1, 1956 |
| Tunisia |
March 20, 1956 |
| Ghana |
March 6, 1957 |
| Malaysia |
August 31, 1957 |
| Guinea |
October 2, 1958 |
| Cameroon |
January 1, 1960 |
| Senegal |
April 4, 1960 |
| Togo |
April 27, 1960 |
| Madagascar |
June 26, 1960 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
June 30, 1960 |
| Somalia |
July 1, 1960 |
| Benin |
August 1, 1960 |
| Burkina Faso |
August 5, 1960 |
| Niger |
August 3, 1960 |
| Ivory Coast |
August 7, 1960 |
| Republic of the Congo |
August 15, 1960 |
| Gabon |
August 17, 1960 |
| Mali |
September 22, 1960 |
| Nigeria |
October 1, 1960 |
| Cyprus |
October 1, 1960 |
| Mauritania |
November 28, 1960 |
| Kuwait |
February 25, 1961 |
| Sierra Leone |
April 27, 1961 |
| Tanzania |
December 9, 1961 |
| Samoa |
June 1, 1962 |
| Burundi |
July 1, 1962 |
| Rwanda |
July 1, 1962 |
| Algeria |
July 5, 1962 |
| Jamaica |
August 6, 1962 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
August 31, 1962 |
| Uganda |
October 9, 1962 |
| Malaysia |
September 16, 1963 |
| Kenya |
December 12, 1963 |
| Malawi |
July 6, 1964 |
| Malta |
September 21, 1964 |
| Zambia |
October 24, 1964 |
| The Gambia |
February 18, 1965 |
| Maldives |
July 26, 1965 |
| Singapore |
August 9, 1965 |
| Zimbabwe |
November 11, 1965 |
| Guyana |
May 26, 1966 |
| Botswana |
September 30, 1966 |
| Lesotho |
October 4, 1966 |
| Barbados |
November 30, 1966 |
| Anguilla |
May 30, 1967 |
| Yemen |
November 30, 1967 |
| Nauru |
January 31, 1968 |
| Mauritius |
March 12, 1968 |
| Swaziland |
September 6, 1968 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
October 12, 1968 |
| Tonga |
June 4, 1970 |
| Fiji |
October 10, 1970 |
| Bangladesh |
March 26, 1971 |
| United Arab Emirates |
December 2, 1971 |
| Bahrain |
December 16, 1971 |
| Qatar |
December 18, 1971 |
| Bahamas |
July 10, 1973 |
| Guinea Bissau |
September 24, 1973 |
| Grenada |
February 7, 1974 |
| Mozambique |
June 25, 1975 |
| Cape Verde |
July 5, 1975 |
| Comoros |
July 6, 1975 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
July 12, 1975 |
| Papua New Guinea |
September 16, 1975 |
| Angola |
November 11, 1975 |
| Suriname |
November 25, 1975 |
| Western Sahara |
February 27, 1976 |
| Seychelles |
June 29, 1976 |
| Djibouti |
June 27, 1977 |
| Solomon Islands |
July 7, 1978 |
| Tuvalu |
October 1, 1978 |
| Dominica |
November 3, 1978 |
| Saint Lucia |
February 22, 1979 |
| Kiribati |
July 12, 1979 |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
October 27, 1979 |
| Belize |
September 21, 1981 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
November 1, 1981 |
| Northern Cyprus |
September 2, 1983 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
September 19, 1983 |
| Brunei |
January 1, 1984 |
| Latvia |
May 4, 1990 |
| Lithuania |
March 11, 1990 |
| Namibia |
March 21, 1990 |
| Slovenia |
December 26 & June 25, 1990 |
| Georgia |
April 9, 1991 |
| Estonia |
August 20, 1991 |
| Ukraine |
August 24, 1991 |
| Moldova |
August 27, 1991 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
August 31, 1991 |
| Uzbekistan |
September 1, 1991 |
| Macedonia |
September 8, 1991 |
| Tajikistan |
September 9, 1991 |
| Armenia |
September 21, 1991 |
| Croatia |
October 8, 1991 |
| Azerbaijan |
October 18, 1991 |
| Turkmenistan |
October 27, 1991 |
| Kazakhstan |
December 16, 1991 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
March 1, 1992 |
| Slovakia |
July 17, 1992 |
| Czech Republic |
January 1, 1993 |
| Eritrea |
May 24, 1993 |
| East Timor |
May 20, 2002 |
| Montenegro |
May 21, 2006 |
| Kosovo |
February 17, 2008 |
| South Sudan |
July 9, 2011 |
