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🇪🇬 Revolution Day and National Police Day in Egypt
Commemorates the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Police resistance against British forces
Date in Egypt
January 25
Instituted2011
Commemorates the start of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and honors the police force.
Celebrates both the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak and the 1952 police resistance in Ismailia
How Revolution Day and National Police Day is observed in Egypt
Historical significance
Marks the day of the 1952 revolution and the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
Public life in Egypt
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1971 General Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote in a  military coup. · Uganda
- 1971 Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda after overthrowing President Milton Obote in a military coup. · Uganda
- 1971 Yusufu Lule flees Uganda for the United Kingdom after Idi Amin's military coup brings state-sponsored purges. · Uganda
- 2011 Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labour strikes and violent clashes in...