holidays
November 28,
Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste), celebrating the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal in 1975.
Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste)
Proclamation of Independence Day is a national holiday and a celebration to commemorate the East Timor Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 2002. The event is annually celebrated on 28 November and marke="law">Law No. 10/2005 on Public Holidays and Official Commemorative Dates (PDF). 2005.</ref>
Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975)
The Democratic Republic of East Timor, or simply East Timor or Timor-Leste was a state that was unilaterally proclaimed on the territory of present-day Timor-Leste on 28 November 1975 by Fretilin prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor nine days later on 7 December 1975.