Cameroon National Day, commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum. French Cameroon achieved independence from France on January 1, 1960 becoming the Republic of Cameroon. This marked the start of the decolonization process. The nation was later unified with the former British Cameroons to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon on October 1, 1961.
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