| 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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