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| List of Former British Colonial Possessions |
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| The Modern British Imperialist Empire with Dates of Independence and More |
| Aden → formerly governed as part of British India; independent in 1967 as part of Yemen |
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan |
| Bahrain → independent in 1971 |
| British Cameroon → divided between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon in 1961 |
| British Commonwealth of Nations |
| Gold Coast → Ghana, 1957 |
| Nigeria, 1957 |
| Sierra Leone, 1961 |
| Tanganyika, 1961 |
| Joined Zanzibar in 1964 to become Tanzania |
| Further divided into Rwanda and Burundi |
| Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar) → independent in 1948 |
| Egypt → independent in 1922 |
| Gambia → joined the British Commonwealth in 1965 |
| Iraq → independent in 1932 |
| Kenya → independent in 1963 |
| Kuwait → independent in 1961 |
| Northern Rhodesia → Zambia (joined the British Commonwealth in 1964) |
| Nyasaland → Malawi (joined the British Commonwealth in 1964) |
| Oman → independent in 1971 |
| Palestine → largely became the independent country of Israel in 1948 |
| Qatar → independent in 1971 |
| Somaliland → joined Italian Somaliland as Republic of Somalia in 1960 |
| Southern Rhodesia |
| 1965 → declared independence as Rhodesia under the leadership of white leader Ian Smith |
| 1980 → known as the Republic of Zimbabwe after blacks won the circa 15-year civil war |
| Suez Canal → control went to Egypt in 1956 |
| Togoland → joined Ghana |
| Transjordan → independent in 1946 as Jordan |
| Uganda → independent in 1962 |
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) → independent in 1971 |
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