Abstract
Mauritius was discovered by the Portuguese between 1507 and 1512. But the Dutch were the first settlers who named it after their stadtholder, Count Maurice. The British occupied the island in 1810 and it was formally ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris, 1814. Independence was attained within the Commonwealth on 12 March 1968. Mauritius became a republic on 12 March 1992.
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Further Reading
Central Statistical Information Office. Bi-annual Digest of Statistics.
Bennett, Pamela R., Mauritius. [Bibliography] ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1992
Bowman, L. W., Mauritius: Democracy and Development in the Indian Ocean Aldershot, 1991
Mathur, H., Parliament in Mauritius Rose Hill, 1991
National statistical office: Central Statistical Information Office, Rose Hill.
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Turner, B. (2000). Mauritius. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271296_190
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