Phnom Penh: Tomorrow, 9 November 2012, Cambodia will celebrate a big event of Cambodia National Independence Day (9 November 1953 - 9 November 2012) at the area of Independence Monument. According to Cambodia Local Newspaper, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia will also join the celebration day.
Why Celebrating the Independence Day?
After World War II and into the early 1950s, King Sihanouk's aspirations became much more nationalistic and he began demanding independence from the French colonists and their complete departure from Indochina. This echoed the sentiments of the other fledgling nations of French Indochina: the State of Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the Kingdom of Laos. He went into exile in Thailand in May 1953 because of threats on his life by the French and only returned when independence was won on 9 November 1953. Whilst independent, Cambodia retained an alliance with the French Union, until the end of the First Indochina War and the subsequent official end of French Indochina. On 2 March 1955, Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his father, established the Sangkum and took the post of Prime Minister a few months later, after having obtained an overwhelming victory in the parliamentary elections on September 1955.
So, the day 9 November 1953 is the day that Cambodian people is never forgettable. It's the great day that Cambodia received Independence from France by His Majesty King Father Norodom Sihanouk.
Photo: Cambodia Independence Monument, Phnom Penh
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