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Mauritius | |||||||||||||
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| 1810–1968 | |||||||||||||
| Motto: Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin) ("Star and Key of the Indian Ocean") | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the King / Queen | |||||||||||||
.svg) Location of the Crown Colony of Mauritius | |||||||||||||
| Status | Crown colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Port Louis | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Mauritian Creole, English, French, Chagossian Creole, Bhojpuri | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Hinduism | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1810–1823 | Robert Townsend Farquhar | ||||||||||||
• 1962–1968 | John Shaw Rennie | ||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1961–1968 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 3 December 1810 | |||||||||||||
| 30 May 1814 | |||||||||||||
• Seychelles separated as a Crown colony | 1903 | ||||||||||||
• Agreement between the British and the French for Tromelin Island | 1954 | ||||||||||||
• Detachment of the Chagos Archipelago and BIOT formed | 8 November 1965 | ||||||||||||
• Independence | 12 March 1968 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Mauritius Seychelles British Indian Ocean Territory French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Tromelin Island) | ||||||||||||
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Mauritius was a Crown colony off the southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire, British rule in Mauritius was established de facto with the invasion of Isle de France in November 1810, and de jure by the subsequent Treaty of Paris. British rule ended on 12 March 1968, when Mauritius became an independent country.