Mauritius (before 1965)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area 2,040 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Port_Louis
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Mauritian_rupee
gptkbp:dissolved 1968
gptkbp:establishedIn 1810
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Creole
Franco-Mauritian
Indo-Mauritian
Sino-Mauritian
gptkbp:event gptkb:Abolition_of_slavery_(1835)
gptkb:Arrival_of_Indian_indentured_laborers
gptkb:Cyclone_Carol_(1960)
gptkb:Constitutional_reforms_(1947,_1957,_1961)
gptkb:General_strike_of_1937
gptkb:Separation_of_Chagos_Archipelago_(1965)
Elections (1948, 1953, 1959, 1963)
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_British_Mauritius
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Sir_Hilary_Blood
gptkb:Sir_John_Shaw_Rennie
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Scott
gptkb:Sir_Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mauritius (before 1965)
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Mauritius
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:sugar
gptkbp:mainImports manufactured goods
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:Seychelles
gptkb:Réunion
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam
gptkb:Emmanuel_Anquetil
gptkb:Guy_Rozemont
gptkb:Renganaden_Seeneevassen
gptkb:Jules_Koenig
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:population approximately 700,000 (1960s)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:French_Mauritius
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:status British colony
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Mauritius
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:Cargados_Carajos
gptkb:Chagos_Archipelago
gptkb:Rodrigues
gptkb:Agaléga_Islands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mauritius_(Chagos_Archipelago)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6