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Maldives

Divehi Jumhuriya

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HISTORY. The islands were under British protection from 1887 to mid-1965. They now enjoy complete independence under the agreement signed in Colombo on26 July 1965. Maldives became a republic on 11 Nov. 1968.

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  • Bell, H. C. P., History, Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Maldive Islands. Cevlon Govt. Press. Colombo, 1940

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  • Bernini, F. and Corbin, G., Maldive. Turin, 1973

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© 1986 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Paxton, J. (1986). Maldives. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271159_106

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