The end of colonial ambition A few of the countries that have gained independence and escaped English rule. Antigua and Barbuda: 1 November 1981 (from UK) Australia: 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies) Bahamas: 10 July 1973 (from UK) Bahrain: 15 August 1971 (from UK) Barbados: 30 November 1966 (from UK) Belize: 21 September 1981 (from UK) Botswana: 30 September 1966 (from UK) Brunei: 1 January 1984 (from UK) Burma: 4 January 1948 (from UK) Canada: 1 July 1867 (from UK) Dominica: 3 November 1978 (from UK) Egypt: 28 February 1922 (from UK) Gambia: 18 February 1965 (from UK) Ghana: 6 March 1957 (from UK) Grenada: 7 February 1974 (from UK) Guyana: 26 May 1966 (from UK) India: 15 August 1947 (from UK) Ireland: 6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty) Jamaica: 6 August 1962 (from UK) Kenya: 12 December 1963 (from UK) Kiribati: 12 July 1979 (from UK) Lesotho: 4 October 1966 (from UK) Malawi: 6 July 1964 (from UK) Malaysia: 31 August 1957 (from UK) Maldives: 26 July 1965 (from UK) Malta: 21 September 1964 (from UK) Mauritius: 12 March 1968 (from UK) Nigeria: 1 October 1960 (from UK) Pakistan: 14 August 1947 (from UK) Quatar: 3 September 1971 (from UK) Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19 September 1983 (from UK) Saint Lucia: 22 February 1979 (from UK) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 27 October 1979 (from UK) Samoa: 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship) San Marino: 3 September 301 Sao Tome and Principe: 12 July 1975 (from Portugal) Saudi Arabia: 23 September 1932 (Unification of the Kingdom) Seychelles: 29 June 1976 (from UK) Sierra Leone: 27 April 1961 (from UK) Solomon Islands: 7 July 1978 (from UK) South Africa: 31 May 1910 (from UK) Sri Lanka: 4 February 1948 (from UK) Sudan: 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK) Swaziland: 6 September 1968 (from UK) Trinidad and Tobago: 31 August 1962 (from UK) Tuvalu: 1 October 1978 (from UK) Uganda: 9 October 1962 (from UK) United Arab Emirates: 2 December 1971 (from UK) United States: 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain) (My favourite escapee) Zambia: 24 October 1964 (from UK) Zimbabwe: 18 April 1980 (from UK)
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