when did northern rhodesia became a british protectorate?
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In 1911 it was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe, respectively); Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing British colony (1923) and Northern Rhodesia a British protectorate (1924).
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Lagos was invaded by British forces in 1851 and formally annexed in 1865. Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901 while her colonization lasted until 1960, when an independence movement succeeded in gaining her independence.
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Following the Kandyan Wars, the island was united under British rule in 1815. Armed uprisings against the British took place in the 1818 Uva Rebellion and the 1848 Matale Rebellion. Independence was finally granted in 1948 but the country remained a Dominion of the British Empire until 1972.
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The fledgling nation, which is also one of the world's poorest countries, became a member of the United Nations on July 14 and joined the African Union on July 28. Neither of the two countries that have most recently joined the Commonwealth, Rwanda and Mozambique, have colonial links to Britain.
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Britain had many colonies in Africa: in British West Africa there was Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Southern Cameroon, and Sierra Leone; in British East Africa there was Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar); and in British South Africa there was South Africa, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern ...
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The designation "Southern Rhodesia" was first used officially in 1898 in the Southern Rhodesia Order in Council of 20 October 1898, which applied to the area south of the Zambezi, and was more common after the BSAC merged the administration of the two northern territories as Northern Rhodesia in 1911.
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Following the dissolution of the Federation on 31 December 1963, a new constitution came into effect in January 1964 giving the territory internal self-government. On 24 October 1964 Northern Rhodesia became the independent state of Zambia.
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After the defeat of the Boers by Britain in 1902, Eswatini came under British control until independence. ... The Kingdom of eSwatini became independent on 6 September 1968 and joined the Commonwealth. In 1973, the King repealed the independence constitution, abolishing parliament and all political parties.
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Canaan Banana. Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country's independence.
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The country was never colonised by Britain but its forces were defeated in North Bengal and Bhutan was forced to sign a treaty which gave Britain control of its foreign relations. India inherited that power when it became independent in 1947 and remains a powerful influence over the country.
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A number of countries (dominions) within the British Empire gained independence in stages during the earlier part of the 20th century. ... There remain, however, 14 global territories which remain under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
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After being defeated in Second Anglo-Afghan War, Afghanistan became a protectorate of British Empire. The Durand line created by the end of 19th century divided it entirely from India and their fellow Pashtuns there, with Baluchistan and the eastern-most Pashtun-majority areas being divided from it.
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Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901 while her colonization lasted until 1960, when an independence movement succeeded in gaining her independence. Nigeria first became a republic in 1963, but succumbed to military rule three years later after a bloody coup d'état.
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland—Territory of Northern Rhodesia—1953–1964; Zambia—Independence granted—1964 onwards.
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Great Britain got southern and northeastern Africa from Berlin. From 1880-1900 Britain gained control over or occupied what are now known as Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, northwestern Somalia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, and Malawi.
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Rwanda became part of German East Africa in 1899. After World War I, it came under Belgian administration under a League of Nations mandate, and, from 1920, as part of a UN trust territory, 'Ruanda–Urundi'. After World War II, Rwanda continued to be administered by Belgium.
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The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.