List of National Days

While most of the time the national day of a country is linked to the day of independence, a good number of nations associate it with some other event of national importance.

• Declaration of freedom
• Formation of state
• Formation of constitution
• Declaration of republic
• Commemorating great leaders/saints/etc.
• Recognition of freedom

. . . and so on.

Also, very few countries actually describe their national days as such. “National Day” seems to be a rarely-used term.

• Some countries have more than a single national day, e.g., Pakistan.
• Not all the countries have a fixed date for celebrating their national days. For instance, Thailand celebrates the national day on the king’s birthday, which will be different when the throne sees a change.
• Also, some countries do not have an official national day, but just happen to celebrate on a particular date.
• The celebration style and feeling of euphoria are vary markedly from one nation to another.