Martyrs' Day in Malawi
Martyrs' Day in Malawi is held on March 3. This event in the first decade of the month March is annual. 
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Whereas the day in Malawi invokes sorrowful memories, it is the Martyrs Day we show respect for the magnanimous men and women who braved bullets, suffered imprisonment and all forms of humiliation during the fight for the freedoms and rights we enjoy today.
Malawians experienced many periodic political upheavals during the colonial era, but why did Kamuzu Banda see it befitting to declare 3rd March as a Martyrs' Day holiday? Kamuzu Banda explained this in his 1974 Martyrs Day message to the nation. "...March the 3rd was chosen as a day on which to remember and honour those of our people, who sacrificed their lives in order that we may be free..."
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