Independence Monument Male Maldives

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The shiny metallic statue celebrates the independence of the Maldives in 1965. The flags on the memorial behind it are for the fallen Maldivian soldiers during a failed coup d'état in 1988, by Maldivians and mercenaries from Sri Lanka.

The shiny metallic statue celebrates the independence of the Maldives in 1965. The flags on the memorial behind it are for the fallen Maldivian soldiers during a failed coup d’état in 1988, by Maldivians and mercenaries from Sri Lanka.

The shiny metallic statue celebrates the independence of the Maldives in 1965. The flags on the memorial behind it are for the fallen Maldivian soldiers during a failed coup d’état in 1988, by Maldivians and mercenaries from Sri Lanka.