martyrs' day

a Panamanian day of national mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.

a Burmese national holiday observed on 19 July to commemorate Gen. Aung San and seven other leaders of the pre-independence interim government, and one bodyguard —Thakin Mya, Ba Cho, Abdul Razak, Ba Win, Mahn Ba Khaing, Sao San Tun, Ohn Maung and Ko Htwe—all of whom were assassinated on that day in 1947.

days observed in or by some countries, incl.

an Albanian holiday observed annually on May 5 for the remembrance of those who died for Albanian liberation during World War 2.

a Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese Muslim-Christian Arab nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on 6 May 1916 by Jamal Pasha, also known as 'Al Jazzar' or 'The Butcher', the Ottoman wāli of Greater Syria.

(at the national level also known as Sarvodaya day or Shaheed Diwas) days declared in India to honour recognised martyrs of the nation.

In May 2012, the National Assembly of Afghanistan accepted September 9 (or September 8, variable per Solar Hijri calendar) as "a new national holiday to honour national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud and those who died fighting for the country."

celebrated in China on September 30, the eve of the National Day of the People's Republic of China, to commemorate those who lost their lives serving China.

Martyrs' Day, also known as Youm-e-Shuhada, is observed in Pakistan on 30 April every year to honor the sacrifices and bravery of the martyrs who lost their lives defending the country.