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Events relating to the british empire
Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, becomes also the first governor-general
Jawaharlal Nehru becomes prime minister of the newly independent republic of India
Muslim leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah becomes the first governor-general of the new state of Pakistan
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated at a Delhi prayer meeting by a Hindu extremist, Nathuram Godse
An outbreak of terrorism in Kenya is orchestrated by a secret Kikuyu organization, the Mau Mau
Jomo Kenyatta, charged with having organized the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, is sentenced to seven years in prison
The two Rhodesias and Nyasaland are merged in the self-governing Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
George Grivas leads a guerrilla movement, EOKA, fighting for Cyprus's independence from Britain and union with Greece
The Sudan, declining the opportunity of union with Egypt, opts for independence as a separate state
Kwame Nkrumah leads the Gold Coast into independence under a name of historic resonance, Ghana
Tunku Abdul Rahman becomes the first prime minister of independent Malaya
Lee Kuan Yew becomes the first prime minister of the newly independent state of Singapore
Kenneth Kaunda is elected president of UNIP, a new party fighting for an independent Northern Rhodesia
Cyprus becomes an independent nation, free of British colonial rule, with Archbishop Makarios as president
Patrice Lumumba becomes prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo, previously the Belgian Congo
British and Italian colonies merge as the independent Somali republic, also known as Somalia, with Aden Abdullah Osman as president
Kenyatta, still in prison, is elected leader of KANU, a new political party in Kenya
Nigeria wins independence, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as prime minister, but its stability is threatened by tribal and regional factions
Former British colony Sierra Leone becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth
Joshua Nkomo founds ZAPU, the Zimbabwe African People's Union, in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia
Tanganyika becomes an independent nation with Julius Nyerere as prime minister
Ian Smith's white supremacist party, the Rhodesian Front, wins power in Rhodesia's election
The former British colony of Uganda becomes an independent republic, with Milton Obote as prime minister
Zanzibar becomes an independent nation and a member of the Commonwealth
Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister
