Polity Republic of Maldive Islands

This article is about the specific polity Republic of Maldive Islands and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The British Colony over the Maldives ended in 1965 with the independence of the archipelago as the Republic of Maldive Islands.

Establishment

  • July 1965: When the British became increasingly unable to continue their colonial hold on Asia and were losing their colonies to the indigenous populations who wanted freedom, on 26 July 1965 an agreement was signed on behalf of the Sultan by Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan, Prime Minister, and on behalf of the British government by Sir Michael Walker, British Ambassador-designate to the Maldive Islands, which formally ended the British authority.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1970: The Republic of Maldive Islands changes its name into Republic of Maldives.