Mozambique Independence Day

Mozambique succeeded in achieving independence on June 25, 1975, after a civil resistance movement known as the Carnation Revolution backed by portions of the military in Portugal overthrew the Salazar regime, thus ending 470 years of Portuguese colonial rule in the East African region.

25th of June is a reference in the lives of all Mozambicans as it was on that day that the independence of Mozambique was completely made official. Officially, the war began on 25 September 1964, with an attack on the administrative post of Chai in the then district (now province) of Cabo Delgado, and ended with a ceasefire on 8 September 1974, resulting in negotiated independence in 1975.