9-7-1973: English Release Bahamas

In the 39 years ago, the United Kingdom took off their colonial empire in Central America. Archipelago gained independence with the name of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

According to BBC news stations, the official release of the Bahamas from the British rule that lasted through the evening a formal ceremony on July 9, 1973. Queen Elizabeth II sent his eldest son, Prince Charles, to attend the reception held in the Bahamas capital, Nassau.

Just before midnight, Charles witnessed the decline in the United Kingdom flag. Union Jack. This marks the end of British rule in the Bahamas, which has lasted for 300 years.

Instead, the national flag of the Bahamas berkibarlah, exactly one minute past midnight or early morning on July 10, 1973. This procession was greeted by some 50,000 people who witnessed it in person. They celebrate independence every July 10.

Has more than 3,000 islands and coral clusters, the Bahamas now has its own government. However, like all former British colonies, the Bahamas in the group of Commonwealth countries.

A population of only about 340,000 people, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas became one of the richer countries in the Americas region with GDP per capita based, says the CIA in this issue of The World Factbook.

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