Wind of Change:
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The British Empire in the 20th Cebntury |
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1900 |
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1901 |
Federated Commonwealth of Australia formed |
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British Protectorates in India |
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1902 |
Treaty of Vereening ends Boer War |
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Ashanti territory incorporated into Gold
Coast |
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1903 |
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1904 |
First Empire Day celebrated |
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1905 |
British New Guinea transferred to Australia |
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1906 |
Muslim League established in India |
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1907 |
New Zealand gains Dominion status |
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1908 |
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1909 |
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1910 |
King George V’s coronation |
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1911 |
Coronation durbar at New Delhi (new capital of India) |
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1912 |
African National Congress formed in South Africa |
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1913 |
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1914 |
Imperial troops assembled for war |
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Egypt becomes British protectorate |
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Occupation of German West African colonies |
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1915 |
Gilbert and Ellice Islands annexed |
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1916 |
Easter Rising in Dublin |
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1917 |
Balfour Declaration promises a
National Homestead in Palestine for the Jews |
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1918 |
Troops take Syria and Palestine |
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1919 |
Amritsar massacre in India |
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Arab rebellion in Egypt |
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German African colonies acquired |
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1920 |
Gandhi becomes leader of Congress
in India |
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British East Africa becomes Kenya |
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Palestine governed by Britain
under League of Nations mandate |
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1921 |
Irish Civil War (1921-1925) |
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1922 |
Egypt becomes independent |
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1923 |
Rhodesian self-government |
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1924 |
Northern Rhodesia becomes a
protectorate |
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1925 |
Cyprus becomes a colony |
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1926 |
Imperial Conference gives Dominion
status to settler colonies |
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1927 |
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1928 |
Women over 21 given vote |
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1929 |
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1930 |
Nehru’s declaration of Indian
independence |
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Gandhi’s second disobedience
campaign |
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First Round Table Conference
between British and Indian parties |
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1931 |
Statute of Westminster gives Dominions
control over Parliaments |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
Government of India Act allowing
limited local government |
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1936 |
Abdication of King Edward VIII:
King George VI |
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1937 |
Arab Jewish conflict in Palestine |
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1938 |
IRA bombings start in England |
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1939 |
Mobilisation of Dominion and
imperial forces for Second World War |
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1940 |
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1941 |
Atlantic Charter |
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1942 |
Fall of Singapore, Malaya and
Burma |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
Pan-African conference |
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1946 |
Trans-Jordan becomes independent |
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Sarawak ceded |
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North Borneo becomes a colony |
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1947 |
Indian independence |
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Partition of India and Pakistan |
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1948 |
Ceylon and Burma become
independent |
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Communist insurgency in Malaya |
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Israel created |
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1949 |
Ireland leaves the Commonwealth |
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1950 |
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1951 |
Cyprus bids for independence |
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Festival of Britain |
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1952 |
Mau
Mau Rebellion in Kenya |
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1953 |
Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland |
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1954 |
Withdrawal from Sudan |
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Troops removed from Egypt |
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1955 |
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1956 |
Suez Crisis |
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1957 |
Gold Coast becomes independent
Ghana |
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Malay states become independent |
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1958 |
West Indies Federation formed |
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1959 |
Cyprus joins Commonwealth |
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1960 |
British Somaliland and Nigeria
become independent |
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End of Malayan emergency |
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1961 |
Sierra Leone and Tanganyika become
independent |
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South Africa leaves the
Commonwealth |
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1962 |
Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and
Uganda become independent |
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Commonwealth Immigrant Act |
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1963 |
Kenya and Zanzibar become
independent |
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1964 |
Northern Rhodesia becomes Zambia |
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Nyasaland becomes independent
Malawi |
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Malta becomes independent |
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1965 |
Southern Rhodesia declares unilateral
independence (UDI) |
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1966 |
Botswana, Lesotho and Gambia gain independence |
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1967 |
Aden becomes independent |
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1968 |
Mauritius and Zwaziland gain
independence |
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1969 |
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1970 |
Fiji and Tonga become independent |
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1971 |
Bahrain and Qatar become
independent |
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1972 |
Asians expelled from Uganda |
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1973 |
Bahamas become independent |
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Britain joins European Community |
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1974 |
Grenada becomes independent |
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1975 |
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1976 |
Seychelles becomes independent |
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1977 |
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1978 |
Dominica becomes independent |
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1979 |
Rhodesian settlement reached |
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Gilbert Islands become independent
Kiribati |
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1980 |
New Hebrides becomes independent
Vanuatu |
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Southern Rhodesia independent
Zimbabwe |
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1981 |
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1983 |
Brunei becomes independent |
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1984 |
Hong Kong handover agreement
reached |
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1985 |
Britain isolated in Commonwealth
over South African Sanctions |
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1986 |
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1987 |
Fiji leaves Commonwealth |
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1988 |
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1989 |
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1990 |
South West Africa becomes independent
Namibia |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1993 |
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1994 |
End of Apartheid in South Africa:
Nelson Mandela president |
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1995 |
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1996 |
South Africa rejoins Commonwealth |
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1997 |
Hong Kong handed back to China |
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1998 |
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1999 |
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2000 |
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