Martyrs' Day (disambiguation)

Martyrs' Day (disambiguation)

* Martyrs' Day (Iran), the Liberation of Khorramshahr in 1982 is celebrated as Martyrs' Day in Iran on its anniversary, May 24.
* Martyrs' Day (Albania), on May 5th, the anniversary of Qemal Stafa's death, the 28,000 Martyrs of World War II are remembered
* Burmese Martyrs' Day, on July 19, the day when seven Burmese independence leaders were assassinated in 1947.
* Language Movement Day, also known as Language Martyrs' Day, on February 21 in Bangladesh, commemorating Bengali as a national language.
* Genocide Remembrance Day, also known as Armenian Christian Martyr day, on April 24, commemorating Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1923 in Ottoman Empire Turkey.
* Memorial Day for War Martyrs (Vietnam), on July 27, in Vietnam.
*Martyrs' Day (Panama), is a Panamanian holiday which commemorates the January 9, 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.
*Martyrs' Day (Syria), commemorates the execution of Syrian nationalists in Damascus by the Ottoman occupants on May 6, 1916.


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