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From that time, only the name Mauritius has remained. On 2 October, the ships again took to the sea towards Bantam. From then on, the island's Port de Warwick was used by Dutch ships as a stopover after long months at sea. In 1606, two expeditions came for the first time to what would later become Port-Louis in the northwest part of the island.
Prior to independence the British government detached the Chagos Archipelago from the Mauritius' administrative boundaries and established as a new British territory in the form of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and paid GB£3 million (roughly equivalent to £148.7 million in 2022 [5]) to Mauritius in compensation.
The monarch's constitutional roles in Mauritius were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Mauritius. Queen's Personal Mauritian Flag. Elizabeth II visited Mauritius 24–26 March 1972. [1] In 1975, a series of student protests turned violent. [2] The Republic of Mauritius was proclaimed on 12 March 1992.
The opposition Alliance of Change in Mauritius has won 60 of the 64 seats in parliament following Sunday's general election. Its leader, Navin Ramgoolam, 77, has been appointed prime minister. The ...
The new prime minister of Mauritius has announced an audit of the public finances days after his coalition won a resounding election victory, casting a shadow over the accuracy of previous ...
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
15 January: Cyclone Belal hits Mauritius, causing floods. [2]3 October: The United Kingdom agrees to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius in exchange for the UK and the United States retaining control over their joint military base in Diego Garcia.
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