Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
national day (also known as Qaumee (national) Dhuvas (day) in
Dhivehi
Dhivehi, also spelled Divehi, may refer to:
*Dhivehi people, an ethnic group native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands.
*Dhivehi language, an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Republic of Maldives
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), is an important day, as it is observed to celebrate the victory of
Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam over the Portuguese occupation in the year 1573. According to the
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar ( ar, ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, translit=al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 ...
, the National Day of Maldives falls on the 1st of
Rabee ul Awwal, the third month of
Hijri (Islamic) calendar.
In the year 1558, Portuguese colonial power attacked Maldives and beheaded random people on the street and the sultan and established its colonial rule. It was later in 1573;
Muhammad Thakurufaanu arrived the capital Male` along with his companions and succeeded in ending the fifteen-year colonial rule of the Portuguese. Since then, 1st of
Rabee ul Awwal each Islamic year is marked as a National Day of the Republic of
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
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Celebrations of the day include parades, color festivals and route marches on the streets of Male, and in islands.
See also
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Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam
References
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Annual events in the Maldives
Observances set by the Islamic calendar
National days