Mauritius achieved independence in 1967.
Independence Day ( [ ; Yaum-e Āzādī ) , observed annually on 14 August , following its first observance on that day in 1947 ( the day before the partition of India officially took effect ) , is a national holiday in Pakistan . Mauritius . Formerly a Dutch colony ( 1638 -- 1710 ) and a French colony ( 1715 -- 1810 ) , Mauritius became a British colonial possession in 1810 and remained so until 1968 , the year in which it attained independence .