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The Vunivalu of Bau, lithograph portrait in the possession of Henry Mangles Denham, c. 1858.. Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (pronounced [ˈseru epeˈniːsa ðakomˈbau]; occasionally spelled Cacobau or phonetically Thakombau) (c.1815 – 1 February 1883) [1] was a Fijian chief, monarch, and warlord who united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership, establishing a united Fijian kingdom.
File: Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Seru Thakombau (Seru Epenisa Cakobau), 1815 - 83; King of Fiji, 1852-74 (cropped).jpg
English: Photograph of Ratu Cakobau (Thakombau). Photograph : carte-de-visite, albumen silver print ; 105mm (Height) x 62mm (Width). Three-quarter-length full face man seated wearing native dress and carrying fan.
Tutekovuya was the Lasakau leader and co-conspirator with Ratu Seru Cakobau's in 1837, where Bau was destroyed and Ratu Tanoa restored as the Vunivalu. Tutekovuya is a 'ravu' name shortened for 'he that set fire to the great Bauan temple of Dulukovuya', that was bestowed on the Lasakau chief after Cakobau's successful counter-coup.
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After some vacillation, Cakobau agreed to renounce his Tui Viti title. On 10 October 1874, Cakobau, Ma'afu, and a group of some senior chiefs of Fiji signed two copies of a Deed of Cession establishing the Colony of Fiji , [ 6 ] which lasted for almost a century – until 10 October 1970, when the Dominion of Fiji became a fully independent ...
The first three-quarters of the 19th century were marked by tribal warfare, incursions from neighbouring Tonga, and the increasing encroachment of foreign powers.This period also saw the rise of a warlord by the name of Seru Epenisa Cakobau, who forged the first nation-state covering all of modern Fiji (except the island of Rotuma) in 1871, before ceding it to the United Kingdom in 1874.