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1900
 
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Paul Kruger flees after the British take Pretoria and annexe both the Boer republics      
1900
 
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The British government assumes direct responsibility for the entire region of Nigeria, previously entrusted to a commercial company      
1901
 
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Thousands of women and children die in the concentration camps used by the British army for displaced Boer families       
1902
 
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A treaty at Vereeniging ends the Boer War and brings the Boer republics under British control       
1902
 
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After the defeat of neighbouring Transvaal in the Boer War, the British take sole control of Swaziland       
1903
 
    
Edward VII, the first British monarch to travel to India, holds a great coronation durbar in Delhi       
1909
 
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National delegates from the four provincial parliaments draw up a draft constitution for a South African union      
1909
 
     
Mahatma Gandhi, on a visit to India, publishes a pamphlet entitled Hind Swaraj ("Indian Home Rule")        
1911
 
    
The British monarch George V holds a great durbar in Delhi to celebrate his coronation as emperor of India       
1912
 
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France and Spain agree that Spain shall become the colonial power in the north of Morocco and France in the south