Have you all noticed the word separatists being thrown around? Is it just me who thinks this is a deliberate attempt to make the idea of independence sound negative.....the idea of breaking away etc Well I thought I would share a list of separatist countries, who all left UK Westminster rule and never looked back.......those cheeky little feckers! :O Afghanistan 19 August 1919 Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 Australia 1 January 1901 Bahamas 10 July 1973 Bahrain 16 December 1971 15 August 1971 Barbados 30 November 1966 Belize 21 September 1981 Botswana 30 September 1966 Brunei 1 January 1984 Canada 1 July 1867 Cyprus 1 October 1960 Dominica 3 November 1978 Egypt 28 February 1922 Fiji 10 October 1970 The Gambia 18 February 1965 Ghana 6 March 1957 Grenada 7 February 1974 Guyana 26 May 1966 India 15 August 1947 Iraq 3 October 1932 Ireland (26 counties) 24 April Jamaica 6 August 1962 Jordan 25 May 1946 Kenya 12 December 1963 Kiribati 12 July 1979 Kuwait 25 February 1961 Lesotho 4 October 1966 Malawi 6 July 1964 Malaysia 31 August 1957 Maldives 26 July 1965 Malta 21 September 1964 Mauritius 12 March 1968 Myanmar 4 January 1948 Nauru 31 January 1968 New Zealand 6 February 1840 Nigeria 1 October 1960 Pakistan 14 August 1947 Qatar 3 September 1971 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 Seychelles 29 June 1976 Sierra Leone 27 April 1961 Singapore 31 August 1963 Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 South Africa 11 December 1931 Sri Lanka 4 February 1948 Sudan 1 January 1956 Swaziland 6 September 1968 Tanzania 9 December 1961 Trinidad and Tobago 31 August 1962 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 Uganda 9 October 1962 United Arab Emirates 2 December 1971 United States 4 July 1776 Vanuatu 30 July 1980 Yemen 30 November 1967 Zambia 24 October 1964 Zimbabwe 18 April 1980 *in a high pitched voice* I mean who the hell would want to aim for the concept of independence and freedom!?!?!
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 09:36:11 +0000
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