Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies ...
It marked the Council’s first celebration of the South Asian island nation’s Independence Day, and was led by Speaker ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, hoists the ...
At a commemorative at City Hall to mark Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, are from the left, Mark Murphy; City Councilwoman ...
In 1943, when Subhas Chandra Bose took over the INA, a military unit under the Japanese made up of Indian soldiers captured by the Japanese army during WWII, he chose “Jai Hind” as rallying cry.
Addressing the 77th Independence Day celebrations of the island nation, Dissanayake said, ‘Collectively, we must persist in ...
The Independence Day parade rehearsal is held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 29, 2025. Sri Lanka will celebrate its 77th Independence Day on Feb 4. Photo:Xinhua The Independence Day parade rehearsal ...
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka's ...