
Icelandic National Day is an annual holiday in Iceland which commemorates the foundation of The Republic of Iceland on 17 June 1944 and its independence from Danish rule. The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson, a major figure of Icelandic culture and the leader of the 20th centuryIcelandic independence movement
Narendra Modi tweets
My greetings & best wishes to the people of Iceland on the occasion of Iceland’s National Day.
My greetings & best wishes to the people of Iceland on the occasion of Iceland’s National Day.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 17, 2015