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Events relating to the british empire
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved, as the three colonies go their separate ways
Ian Smith, now prime minister of Rhodesia, arrests leading black politicians Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe
Hastings Banda is prime minister of the newly independent nation of Malawi, formerly Nyasaland
Kenneth Kaunda becomes president of the independent republic of Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia
The Gambia becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister
Ian Smith makes a unilateral declaration of Rhodesia's independence
Former chief Seretse Khama becomes the first president of an independent Botswana
The United Nations, with the approval of Britain as the colonial power, imposes economic sanctions on Rhodesia
The first multiracial elections held in Rhodesia are won by bishop Abel Muzorewa
A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesia becomes independent, taking the name Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe as prime minister
5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain
British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender
Mozambique joins the Commonwealth, as the first member not to have emerged from the British empire
Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents
