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20°12′S57°30′E / 20.2°S 57.5°E / -20.2; 57.5
Mauritius
1810–1968
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici"(Latin) "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean"
Anthem: God Save the King (1810–1837; 1901–1952) God Save the Queen (1837–1901; 1952–1968)
• Agreement between the British and the French for Tromelin Island
1954
• Detachment of the Chagos Archipelago and BIOT formed
8 November 1965
• Independence
12 March 1968
Currency
Mauritian dollar (1820–1877) Mauritian rupee (1877–1968)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Isle de France (Mauritius)
Crown Colony of Seychelles
British Indian Ocean Territory
Mauritius (1968–1992)
Today part of
Mauritius Seychelles British Indian Ocean Territory Tromelin
Mauritius was a Crown colony off the southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire, British rule in Mauritius was established de facto with the Invasion of Isle de France in November 1810, and de jure by the subsequent Treaty of Paris. British rule ended on 12 March 1968, when Mauritius became independent.
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The governor of Mauritius was the official who governed the Crown Colony of Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between...
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern...
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century. Mauritius was successively colonized by the Netherlands, France and Great Britain, and became independent on 12 March 1968. Mauritius was first...
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to prevent the French and the British from settling on the island. It has been frequently hypothesized that Mauritius was first discovered by the Arabs...
community, there are about three percent of British expatriates or people of British descent in Mauritius. Sino-Mauritians from the Hakka and other Chinese...
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The Mauritius Command is the fourth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1977. Aubrey is married...
to Mauritius when Indians were brought as indentured labour to colonial French and later in much larger numbers to British plantations in Mauritius and...
served as Chief Minister of Mauritius, the preceding office which existed from 1961 to 1968, while Mauritius still was a British crown colony. Political parties...
The coat of arms of Mauritius are stipulated in the "Mauritius Laws 1990 Vol.2 SCHEDULE (Section 2)". In the lower left quarter is a key and on the right-hand...
2022, it was announced that the UK and Mauritius had decided to begin negotiations on sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, taking into account...
arrived in Mauritius from Haifa, British Palestine (now Israel), in the 1940s because they were denied entry to Palestine by the British Government.[page needed]...
formally adopting the Statute of Westminster. British ensign British Empire British Blue Ensign British Red Ensign Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of...
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Politicised Religion". Researchgate. Retrieved 11 November 2017. "Histoire: Mauritius Independence 1961-1968". Le Mauricien (in French). 9 March 2014. Retrieved...
The prime minister of Mauritius (French: Premier Ministre de Maurice) is the head of government of Mauritius. He presides over the Cabinet of Ministers...
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Mauritius Lowe (1746–1793) was a British painter and engraver. Lowe was one of the first students at the Royal Academy of Arts. While there he was awarded...
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The Supreme Court of Mauritius is the highest court of Mauritius and the final court of appeal in the Mauritian judicial system. It was established in...
Mauritius is a religiously diverse nation, with Hinduism being the most widely professed faith. According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius...
French The island was invaded during the Napoleonic Wars, and in BritishMauritius (1810–1968) sugar remained the mainstay of the economy. Slavery was...
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