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Eswatini [b], formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, ... was a British high commission territory from 1903 until it regained its full independence on 6 September 1968. ...
In 2018, during the 50th independence day celebration, the king announced the official renaming of the country from the Anglicized Swaziland to its Siswati form Eswatini. [20] Following this, many governmental and non-governmental bodies, corporations and international organizations changed all mention of Swaziland to Eswatini. [21]
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
Algeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria. [2] [3] Angola: Independence Day: 11 November: 1975 Portugal
Gained independence from Spain during the Eighty Years' War. 1616 ... initial establishment around 1745. Name changed to Eswatini in 2018. October 12, 1968
Children born in Eswatini, or aboard an aircraft or ship registered in or belonging to the Government of Eswatini, whose father is a Liswati, or would have been except for his death; or [9] [10] Illegitimate children born anywhere prior to 2005 whose mother is a Liswati can automatically derive nationality maternally, if the father is unknown ...
Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 upon being declared a republic. Sudan: 1 January: 1956 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011. Tanganyika: 9 December: 1961: Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961. It joined with Zanzibar on 25 April 1964 to form Tanzania. Tonga: 4 June: 1970
The Pretoria Convention for the Settlement of the Transvaal in 1881 recognized the independence of Eswatini and defined its boundaries. The Ngwenyama was not a signatory, and the Swazi claim that their territory extends in all directions from the present state. Britain claimed authority over Eswatini in 1903, and independence was regained in 1968.