The Republic of Cameroon's National Day. It is commemorated annually, celebrating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum, where citizens voted to dissolve the federal state structure and establish a single, unitary republic.
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.
