Archives
Tryst with independence
19 August: Independence Day of Afghanistan
14, 15 August: Independence days of Pakistan and India, respectively
4 February: Independence Day of Sri Lanka
26 March: Independence Day of Bangladesh
Respectively, 1919, 1947, 1948 and 1971.
August is the month of independence days in Southasia, taking in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Sitting here in Kathmandu, this is one celebration we are saved from. Nepal does not have such a day because it was never colonised. Some would correct that to maintain that the country was never 'formally colonised', that it nonetheless remained a vassal of the British in India.