On July 6, the most important public holiday for Comorians is Independence Day from France.

Europeans first set foot on the islands at the beginning of the 16th century. They were Portuguese explorers. But control over the archipelago was established by the French, who came to Mayotte in the middle of the 19th century and in 50 years captured the entire territory of the state.

Comoros was declared a French colony and was incorporated into Madagascar at the beginning of the 20th century, and already in the middle of the same century it received the status of a separate territory of French overseas possessions.

1968 was marked by the introduction of self-government for the Comoros. In December 1974, a referendum on granting independence to the islands was held, as a result of which residents of three out of four islands voted to leave the French control.

On July 6, 1975, presidential elections were held, in which Ahmed Abdullah won, and the country was declared independent. In the same year, Comoros joined the UN.