76th Independence Day is being celebrated across the country with enthusiasm and gaiety. After a long struggle, India gained independence from the Imperial British Raj on 15 August 1947.

Since then this occasion is celebrated every year. On this special day, the Prime Minister of India hoists the flag every year at the Red Fort in Delhi.

On this occasion, every citizen of India celebrates the independence of the country.

But very few people would know that today i.e. on August 15, apart from India, many other countries of the world also celebrate their Independence Day.

India celebrates 75th Independence Day: Let us know which countries celebrate their independence on this day.

North Korea and South Korea.

Both North Korea and South Korea celebrate their independence day on 15 August. Korea gained independence from slavery in Japan on August 15, 1945.

In 1945, American and Soviet forces together ended Japan’s occupation of Korea. Three years after independence, in the year 1948, Korea, North Korea, and South Korea were divided into two countries.

Bahrain.

Like India, Bahrain also got independence on 15 August. Although India got independence in the year 1947. Whereas Bahrain was liberated from the slavery of the British in 1971.

Before becoming a British protectorate in the 19th century, the Bahrain archipelago was ruled by various entities, including Arabia and Portugal.

Bahrain declared independence from British control on August 15, 1971.

Here the “National Day” is celebrated on 16 December as the former ruler Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa took the throne on this day. There is a holiday across the country on this occasion.

The Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, like India, celebrates its independence on 15 August. On this day in 1960, the country became completely independent from France after 80 years of subjugation.

This day is also known as ‘Congolese National Day. The African country of Congo gained independence from French colonial rulers on August 15, 1960.

This country is located in the middle of the continent of Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the third largest country in the continent of Africa in terms of area.

Liechtenstein is the sixth smallest nation in the world. The country celebrates its independence from German control on 15 August. Since 1940, August 15 is celebrated here as National Day.

There were two main reasons for the establishment of the country’s national day on 15 August. The first reason was that it was already a bank holiday.

The second reason was that the then prince, Prince Franz Joseph II, celebrated his birthday on 16 August.

Therefore, it was decided to celebrate 15 August as the National Day, which was celebrated as a combination of the Feast and the birthday of the reigning prince.

It was established as an official national day by a law passed in 1990.

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The Popular Front of India (PFI) also raised funds from China for terrorist activities.

This organization has been involved in illegal activities like terror funding, inciting anti-CAA agitation, and inciting Delhi riots.

The ED has said in the charge sheet filed in the PLMA court that PFI member KA Rauf Sheriff has a Chinese connection. Rauf got a one-crore rupee from China under the guise of secret trading.

According to the ED, Rauf was an employee of Race International LLC Oman. Race International has four directors. Two of them were Chinese and two are NRIs from Kerala.

Rauf went to China in 2019 and 2020 and received the money in his Indian bank account.

In another case, Kalim Pasha of SDPI (branch of PFI) received Rs 5 lakh from a Chinese company named Jumpmonkey Promotion India (P) Ltd.

Pasha has been involved in the Bangalore riots. The ED said that Rauf Sheriff had funded the travel of Kerala-based journalist Siddiq Kappan and three others to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.

ED has said that PFI has formed District Executive Committees in UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, etc. to raise funds.

Targets were given to collect cash deposits and transfer them through hawala.

The ED checked over 600 domestic donors and their bank accounts during the probe. Also looked at the accounts of more than 2600 beneficiaries. The ED found that many of these accounts were fake.

One of the beneficiaries of this money, Anshad Basiuddin, was arrested by the UP ATS with an IED, a pistol and cartridges. PFI is organizing training camps in Gulf countries.

This came to the fore during the search at Unity House, Calicut House. The PFI has approximately 1,800 to 2,000 members in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Jeddah.

PFI has also formed hit squads. These squads are formed to carry out terrorist activities in India. The PFI had also hatched a conspiracy to attack the BJP and the RSS. But it was postponed due to ED raids.

A document was found during the search operation on Abdul Razzaq, a circle president of PFI.

It featured 151 different styles of protest. This can be clearly linked to the recent hijab protests in Karnataka.

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The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A will begin in Oman on February 18. Nepal will take on the hosts in the first match.

It includes hosts Oman, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Nepal, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Ireland and Oman qualified for the tournament after being eliminated in the first round. Nepal and UAE have booked their places in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings through their rankings.

The other participating teams qualified through regional qualifying tournaments held during the previous year.

In Qualifier A the teams are divided into two groups of four. Each team will play one match against all the teams in their group.

After this, two teams each from both the groups will go to the semi-finals. The two finalists will advance to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia later this year.

Group A of the qualifiers consists of Canada, Nepal, Oman, and the Philippines, while Group B consists of Bahrain, Germany, Ireland, and the UAE.

According to an official ICC release, ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley said that 70 teams have started the qualification process for this event.

Now we have reached the final stage with four places in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, which is to be decided in two global qualifiers starting in Oman.

He thanked Oman Cricket for hosting the event after last year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Let us inform you that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B will be held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 11-17 July 2022.

In this, along with the host team Zimbabwe, teams from Hong Kong, Jersey, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Uganda, America will be included.

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