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IN AUGUST 1962, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first two British colonies in the English-speaking Caribbean to gain Independence. Since then, another 13 former British colonies in the anglophone Caribbean, culminating with St Kitts and Nevis in 1983, have joined the ranks of independent states.
Independence Day in Jamaica Date in the current year: August 6, 2017. The national day of Jamaica is its Independence Day. It commemorates the proclamation of Jamaican independence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962. Jamaica is a Caribbean island country that comprises the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The first Europeans to set foot on the island were the Spanish.