Independence of the Maldives

The Maldives gained independence from the British Empire on July 26, 1965, after 78 years as a British protectorate.

The British expelled the Dutch from Ceylon and included the Maldives as a British protectorate 1796.^[1] During the rule of Queen Victoria in 1887, Maldivian King, Muhammad Mueenuddeen II officially accepted British protectorate in the Maldives.^[1][2]

During the British protectorate, the Maldivian Monarch's powers were taken over by the Chief Minister and the prime minister.

Maldivian government Announces "Maldives" as the new name for Maldive Islands (21 January 1969)

Independence

Prime Minister, Nasir's Role

On 26 July 1965, Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir signed the independence agreement with the British.^[3] The agreement was reached following discussions between the Maldives representative in Sri Lanka, Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi, and Humphrey Arthington-Davy, the British representative

RAF Gan, World War II

RAF Gan, 1945

During the Second World War, the British Empire established RAF Gan, Royal Air Force station on Gan Island, (Now Gan International Airport) in Addu Atoll.^[4][5][6]

During the reign of Fareed I, prime minister Ibrahim Faamudheyri Kilegefaan had an secret agreement with the british empire and gave Gan Island for 100 Years.

Ibrahim Nasir was against Ibrahim Faamudheyri Kilegefaan, after Kilegefan resigned as prime minister, Nasir became the Prime Minister of the Maldives.^[7]

Addu people wanted to make a new repblic. On January 1, 1959, the United Suvadive Republic was formed and when the republic was abolished, The agreement between Maldives the British was signed on 26 July 1965.^[8]

1786–1965, protectorate

Start of the protectorate

During the British East India Company's trade voyages, it was important for the British to speed up the trades, and for that purpose, the government of the British empire sent the East India Company's Bambay Marine, captain to make a chart of the sea Maldive Islands in the 1790s.

The British Map of the Maldive Islands (1920)

On 22 February 1887, British visited the Maldive Islands to collect information about the situation in the country. after gathering information about the country, the British told the Maldivian Monarch, the Country needs to become a british protectorate.^[9]

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ryavec, Karl E. (1995). "Indian Ocean: five island countries". in Metz, Helen Chapin. Indian Ocean: five island countries (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. ISBN 0-8444-0857-3. OCLC 32508646. https://www.loc.gov/item/95016570/. 

External links

Royal Air Force Gan - Remembered
The British Empire
Royal Air Force

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