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9 May – France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with the king Norodom Sihanouk. 5 July – First meeting of the assembly of the European Economic Community in Strasbourg. 17 July – Miss France Christiane Martel Won Miss Universe 1953 [1] 28 July – Operation Camargue, further French military action against the Viet Minh ...
November 9, 1953 France Cambodia: Independence restored after French protectorate status. Initial establishment in 802. January 1, 1956 United Kingdom and Kingdom of Egypt Sudan: March 20, 1956 France Tunisia: Independence restored after period as a French protectorate. Initial independence in 1705: March 6, 1957 United Kingdom Ghana
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 ...
On 22 October 1953, the Franco–Lao Treaty of Amity and Association transferred remaining French powers to the independent Royal Lao Government. By 1954 the defeat at Dien Bien Phu brought eight years of fighting with the Vietminh, during the First Indochinese War, to an end and France abandoned all claims to the colonies of Indochina. [16]
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [29]
France started controlling Cambodia in 1863. [2] After being colonized around 90 years, King Norodom Sihanouk began claiming return to independence from France in 1949. In 1953, he was successful to regain full independence, and France agreed to decolonize the whole country.
Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan on 26 March 1971. Qatar: British Qatari Protectorate 3 September: 1971 Seychelles: 29 June: 1976 Singapore: 3 June: 1959 Became self-governing on 3 June 1959 and gained independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965. Sri Lanka: Ceylon 4 February: 1948 Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon ...
Independence Day: 9 November: 1953 France: Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953. [25] [26] Cameroon: National Day: 20 May: 1960 United Kingdom France: Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date.