Hari Kemerdekaan Sarawak: Perbezaan antara semakan

'''Hari Sarawak''' ialah hari [[pemerintahan sendiri]] yang disambut pada 22 Julai setiap tahun oleh [[Sarawak|wilayah Sarawak]] di [[Malaysia]].<ref name="ND">{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |title=Pengisytiharan kemerdekaan oleh Sarawak, Sabah dan Singapura|archivedate=1963 |publisher=The National Archives|archiveurl=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10991834}}</ref><ref name="discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C760803|title=The National Archives DO 169/254 (Constitutional issues in respect of North Borneo and Sarawak on joining the federation)|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|date=1961–1963|accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Vernon L. Porritt|title=British Colonial Rule in Sarawak, 1946-1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pBwAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-983-56-0009-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Mathews|title=Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=md9UAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA15|date=28 February 2014|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-967-10617-4-9|pages=15–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2013/07/27/sarawaks-independence-day/|title=Sarawak’s "Independence Day"|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|work=New Mandala|date=27 July 2013|accessdate=30 May 2014|author=Murray Hunter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/76245|title=Tanah airku - My homeland - 美丽的国家|publisher=[[Sin Chew Daily]]|date=6 August 2012|accessdate=31 May 2014|author=Bob Teoh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530161825/http://www.mysinchew.com/node/76245|archivedate=30 May 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref> Cuti telah diterima secara meluas oleh kerajaan Sarawak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkm.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/news_view.php?nid=24&menu_id=0&sub_id=0|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130616050935/http://www.jkm.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/news_view.php?nid=24&menu_id=0&sub_id=0|dead-url=yes|archive-date=16 June 2013|title=Numerous Events Organised For Sarawak Independence Celebration|publisher=Sarawak Chief Minister Department|work=[[Bernama]]|date=28 March 2013|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/08/27/merdeka-no-relevance-to-sabah-sarawak/|title=Merdeka ‘no relevance’ to Sabah, Sarawak|publisher=[[Free Malaysia Today]]|date=27 August 2012|accessdate=30 May 2014|author=Michael Kaung}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/sabah-sarawak-50-years-in-malaysia-plagued-by-bad-politics-joe-fernadez|title=Sabah, Sarawak: 50 Years in Malaysia plagued by bad politics — Joe Fernadez|publisher=[[The Malay Mail]]|date=7 October 2013|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref>

Pada asalnya sejak kurun ke 15, Sarawak dijajah Kesultanan Brunei dari utara. Namun pada tahun 1841, pembesar Brunei di Sarawak meminta bantuan daripada Charles Brooke, seorang pelayar England kerana pembesar Brunei di Sarawak gagal menghadapi tentangan penduduk asli Dayak Iban. Sebagai balasan, Sarawak pun diserahkan kepada pemerintahan Rajah Brooke<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ijern.com/journal/January-2014/46.pdf|title=Borneo Art Education - BAE|author=Aloysius Yapp|journal=International Journal of Education and Research|date=January 2014|volume=II|issue=1|pages=2|ISSN=2201-6333|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/khairie-hisyam-aliman/article/no-sarawak-did-not-gain-independence-in-1841|title=No, Sarawak did not gain independence in 1841|author=Khairie Hisyam Aliman|publisher=The Malay Mail|date=13 September 2014|accessdate=15 September 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915014609/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/khairie-hisyam-aliman/article/no-sarawak-did-not-gain-independence-in-1841|archivedate=15 September 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>. Hal ini telah membangkitkan kemaraan orang asli Dayak Iban. Orang Iban telah bangkit menentang penjajahan asing di Sarawak selama berabad-abad. Beberapa pahlawan Iban yang terkenal adalah seperti Raja Berani Rentap Tanah Runtuh Menua atau Raja Ulu, Raja Berani Bantin Ijau Lelayang, Unal Bulan, Sabok Gila Berani, Matahari, Pemanca Dana Bayang, Nanang dan beribu-ribu pahlawan Iban yang lain demi melawan kuasa asing.