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Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 upon being declared a republic. Sudan: 1 January: 1956 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011. Tanganyika: 9 December: 1961: Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961. It joined with Zanzibar on 25 April 1964 to form Tanzania. Tonga: 4 June: 1970
The British and Egyptian governments recognized the independence of Sudan on 1 January 1956. [88] The United States was among the first foreign powers to recognize the new state. However, the Arab -led Khartoum government ignored their promises to southerners to create a federal system, which led to a mutiny by southern army officers that ...
Although it achieved independence without conflict, Sudan inherited many problems from the condominium. Chief among these was the status of the civil service. The government placed Sudanese in the administration and provided compensation and pensions for British officers of Sudan Political Service who left the country; it retained those who ...
On 1 January 1956, Sudan gained independence from British-Egyptian rule without the rival political parties' having agreed on the form and content of a permanent constitution. [1]
Britain fought a war with Mahdist Sudan in the Mahdist War from 1881 until November 1899. Between 1899 and the country's independence in 1956, Sudan (then known as "Anglo-Egyptian Sudan") was an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. Although New Year's Day 1956 marked Sudan's independence, the British actually transferred power in 1954. [1]
South Sudan: 9 July 2011: Independence from Sudan after a civil war. Sudan: 1 January 1956: Independence from Egyptian and British joint rule Tanzania: 9 December 1961: Independence of Tanganyika from the United Kingdom Togo: 30 August 1958: Autonomy within French Union: 27 April 1960: Independence from France Tunisia: 20 March 1956 ...
In October 1954, the governments of Egypt and the UK signed a treaty that would grant Sudan independence on 1 January 1956. Sudan become an independent sovereign state, the Republic of the Sudan, bringing to an end its nearly 136-year union with Egypt and its 56-year occupation by the British.
Independence restored after British protectorate. Initial independence in 1783. September 3, 1971 United Kingdom Qatar: Independence restored after British protectorate. Initial independence in 1868. December 2, 1971 United Kingdom United Arab Emirates: Ras Al Khaimah initially not part of the union, joined in 1972. December 16, 1971 Pakistan