<P> The Independence Day of Somalia is a national holiday observed annually in Somalia on July 1 . The date celebrates the union of the Trust Territory of Somaliland ( the former Italian Somaliland ) and the State of Somaliland ( the former British Somaliland ) on July 1 , 1960 , which formed the Somali Republic ( Somalia ) . A government was subsequently formed by Abdullahi Issa and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments , with speaker of the SOMALIA ACT OF UNION Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly , Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President of the Somali Republic , On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum , the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution , which was first drafted in 1960 . </P>
<P> The Independence Day of Somalia is a national holiday observed annually in Somalia on July 1 . The date celebrates the union of the Trust Territory of Somaliland ( the former Italian Somaliland ) and the State of Somaliland ( the former British Somaliland ) on July 1 , 1960 , which formed the Somali Republic ( Somalia ) . A government was subsequently formed by Abdullahi Issa and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments , with speaker of the SOMALIA ACT OF UNION Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly , Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President of the Somali Republic , On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum , the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution , which was first drafted in 1960 . </P>
who did somalia gain independence from in 1960
who did somalia gain independence from in 1960
Italian British
Italian British