Apart from India, know which countries also became independent on 15 August

15 August, India is going to celebrate its 78th birthday. Whose preparations are being done with great pomp in the whole country. The celebration of independence after slavery to the British gives a new feeling of freedom every time. 15 August 1947 This date narrates the glorious history of India's independence replete with patriotism. But do you know that other than India, 15 August is also celebrated as Independence Day in many countries? That means these countries also came out of slavery on 15 August. Now we tell you which was the country other than India that was freed from slavery chains on this very day.

15 August is also the Independence Day of South and North Korea. Both these countries actually celebrate this day as National Liberation Day. Actually, the Japanese colonization regarding Korea ended after the Second World War. The duration of Japanese colonization in Korea lasted for approximately 35 years. After those 35 years, Korea gained independence from Japan, but only for 3 years did this independence last since Korea was eventually divided into two parts, South Korea and North Korea.

Lingestein, which is counted among the smallest countries in the world, celebrates its Independence Day on 15 August. This country was ruled by Germany. This country gained independence from Germany in 1866, so this country celebrates its Independence Day on 15 August. The official announcement of celebrating its Independence Day on 15 August was made in 1940, since then this country has considered 15 August as its National Independence Day.

The African country Congo also celebrates its Independence Day on 15th August. In 1880, France enslaved the Congo. France ruled here. After this, in the year 1960 on this day, i.e., 15th August, France liberated Congo.

Although Bahrain does not officially consider 15th August as its independence day, this country gained independence from Britain on 15th August 1971. But the day when the then ruler of Bahrain, Isha bin Salman Al Khalifa took power, Bahrain declared that day as National Independence Day, and this day was 16th December.