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Countries that gained independence from the British Empire by date

Can you name all the countries that gained independence from the British Empire in chronological order?
Source from Wikipedia's "List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom"
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Dates with a pink background indicate countries that no longer exist
Dates with a gray background indicate countries that declared independence and later returned to British rule
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Country
First letter
Date of independence
United States
U
July 4th 1776
Vermont
V
January 15th 1777 - March 4th 1791
Canada
C
July 1st 1867
Australia
A
January 1st 1901
Newfoundland and Labrador
N
September 26th 1907 - March 31st 1949
New Zealand
N
September 26th 1907
South Africa
S
May 31st 1910
Afghanistan
A
August 19th 1919
Egypt
E
February 28th 1922
Ireland
I
December 6th 1922
Iraq
I
October 3rd 1932
Jordan
J
May 25th 1946
Pakistan
P
August 14th 1947
India
I
August 15th 1947
Burma (Myanmar)
B(M)
January 4th 1948
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
C(S)
February 4th 1948
Israel
I
May 14th 1948
Libya
L
December 24th 1951
Sudan
S
January 1st 1956
Ghana
G
March 6th 1957
Malaya (Malaysia)
M
August 31st 1957
Somaliland
S
June 26th 1960 - July 1st 1960
Cyprus
C
August 16th 1960
Nigeria
N
October 1st 1960
Sierra Leone
S
April 27th 1961
Kuwait
K
June 19th 1961
Tanganyika
T
December 9th 1961 - April 25th 1964
Jamaica
J
August 6th 1962
Trinidad and Tobago
T
August 31st 1962
Uganda
U
October 9th 1962
Zanzibar
Z
December 10th 1963 - April 25th 1964
Kenya
K
December 12th 1963
Malawi
M
July 6th 1964
Malta
M
September 21st 1964
Zambia
Z
October 24th 1964
The Gambia
G
February 18th 1965
Maldives
M
July 26th 1965
Rhodesia
R
November 11th 1965 - December 21st 1979
Guyana
G
May 26th 1966
Botswana
B
September 30th 1966
Lesotho
L
October 4th 1966
Barbados
B
November 30th 1966
Anguilla
A
July 12th 1967 - March 19th 1969
South Yemen
S
November 30th 1967 - May 22nd 1990
Nauru
N
January 31st 1968
Mauritius
M
March 12th 1968
Swaziland (Eswatini)
S(E)
September 6th 1968
Tonga
T
June 4th 1970
Fiji
F
October 10th 1970
Oman
O
December 20th 1970
Bahrain
B
August 15th 1971
Qatar
Q
September 3rd 1971
United Arab Emirates
U
December 2nd 1971
The Bahamas
B
July 10th 1973
Grenada
G
February 4th 1974
Seychelles
S
June 29th 1976
Solomon Islands
S
July 7th 1978
Tuvalu
T
October 1st 1978
Dominica
D
November 3rd 1978
Saint Lucia
S
February 22nd 1979
Kiribati
K
July 12th 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
S
October 27th 1979
Zimbabwe
Z
April 18th 1980
Vanuatu
V
July 30th 1980
Belize
B
September 21st 1981
Antigua and Barbuda
A
November 1st 1981
Saint Kitts and Nevis
S
September 19th 1983
Brunei
B
January 1st 1984
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