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Two military mutinies took place in connection with the civilian coup d'état that occurred in Fiji in 2000, the first while the rebellion instigated by George Speight was in progress, and the second four months after it had ended.

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2000 Fijian Mutinies

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Two military mutinies took place in connection with the civilian coup d'état that occurred in Fiji in 2000, the first while the rebellion instigated by...

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Fiji

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Fiji (/ˈfiːdʒi/ FEE-jee, /fiːˈdʒiː/ fee-JEE; Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in...

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Republic of Fiji Military Forces

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figure in the court martial of soldiers who mutinied in 2000. Ironically the rate of promotion of indigenous Fijian officers had been very rapid after the...

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Sitiveni Rabuka

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Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka CF OBE MSD (Fijian: [sitʃiˈβeni ramˈbuka]; born 13 September 1948) is a Fijian politician, former soldier and former sportsman...

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History of Fiji

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which was supported by most leaders of the indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian communities. Fiji was re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations. The new...

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Colony of Fiji

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the Indo-Fijian community, which by that time had come to outnumber the native Fijian population. Fearing Indo-Fijian domination, many Fijian chiefs saw...

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Timeline of Fijian history

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the island Fiji, from the ancient times to the present day. List of heads of state of Fiji List of prime ministers of Fiji Politics of Fiji "Background...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

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The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher...

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Dominion of Fiji

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the Indo-Fijian community, which by that time had come to outnumber the native Fijian population. Fearing Indo-Fijian domination, many Fijian chiefs saw...

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Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit

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Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka. The unit had gained notoriety in Fiji for being involved in the Fijian 2000 coup d'état and the subsequent court martial of the renegade...

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List of Fijians

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This list comprises Fijian citizens, and some foreigners associated with Fiji. For the sake of size, persons who could be listed under multiple categories...

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Mahendra Chaudhry

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trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on 19 May 1999, but exactly one year later, on 19 May 2000 he and most of his Cabinet...

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Fiji during the time of Cakobau

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from Tahiti in 1830, led to increasingly serious wars among the native Fijian confederacies. Supplied with weapons by Swedish mercenary Charlie Savage...

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Modern history of Fiji

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Dr. Timoci Bavadra, an ethnic Fijian supported by the Indo-Fijian community, won the general election and formed Fiji's first majority Indian government...

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Monuriki

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he says, is the jewel in the crown of Fijian tourism. Peter S. Harlow et al.: The decline of the endemic Fijian crested iguana Brachylophus vitiensis...

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Discovery of Fiji

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Austronesian peoples, who were from the Lapita Culture have settled in the Fijian islands some 3,500 years ago, with Melanesians following around a thousand...

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2009 Fijian constitutional crisis

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In April 2009, Fiji underwent a constitutional crisis when the Court of Appeal ruled that the 2006 Fijian coup d'état had been illegal. The Court dismissed...

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Qaranivalu

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his alleged role in the Fiji military mutiny of November 2000. Ratu Inoke was released from prison after the Fiji Court of Appeal over turned the sentencing...

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Naiqama Lalabalavu

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three confederacies to which all Fijian tribes belong. He was challenged in court by Ratu Epeli Ganilau, son of former Fijian President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau...

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Inoke Takiveikata

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Ratu Inoke Takiveikata (born 1947) is a Fijian high chief and former politician. Since 1997 he has held the title of Qaranivalu, a senior chiefly title...

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