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About National Heroes’ Day

National Heroes Day is a public holiday in East Timor celebrated on 26 August . It was built up to respect the individuals who gave their lives for the nation's autonomy. This open occasion pays tribute to the nation's numerous saints in the battle for freedom while additionally recollecting the day of the 1975 attack of East Timor by Indonesia. East Timor is a little island nation in Southeast Asia. It turned into a Portuguese province in the sixteenth century. Following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal and the start of the decolonization, East Timor announced its freedom on November 28, 1975.

During the main years of Indonesian occupation, a gathering of associations and people framed the National Council of Maubere Resistance, an umbrella association committed to opposing the occupation. Another association that opposed the occupation was the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor. Nine days after the fact, neighboring Indonesia attacked East Timor and fused it as its 27th territory in July 1976. The two associations lost a great deal of individuals during the freedom battle. Their memory is regarded on December 31 consistently. Initially, National Heroes Day was seen on December 7 the commemoration of the start of the occupation, however it was moved to December 31, and December 7 is presently seen as Memorial Day.

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