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🇲🇦 Independence Manifesto Day in Morocco
Also known as: Proclamation of Independence, Taqdīm watīqat lʾistiqlāl
Commemorates the submission of independence manifesto
Date in Morocco
January 11
Instituted1956
Commemorates the day Morocco demanded independence from French and Spanish rule.
Marks the date when the Istiqlal Party presented a manifesto demanding full independence in 1944
How Independence Manifesto Day is observed in Morocco
Historical significance
On this day in 1944, the Istiqlal Party presented the Independence Manifesto.
Public life in Morocco
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1957 The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1992 Algeria's President Chadli resigns following a disputed election and military coup, leading to the Algerian Civil War.
- 1997 Burundian soldiers shoot and kill 126 Hutu refugees trying to break out of a holding camp in north-eastern Burundi.
- 1998 Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria; over 100 people are killed.
- 2009 The quasi-state of Maakhir, which established itself in 2007, is reincorporated into into Puntland.