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Mauritius
The Oxford Companion to British History
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Mauritius was long known to the Arabs. It was discovered by the Portuguese but settled by the Dutch who named it after Maurice of Nassau. The French East India Company took possession in 1715 and, under Mahé de la Bourdonnais, developed sugar, cotton, spice, and indigo plantations. The British captured it in 1810 and kept it as their own crown colony. When slavery was abolished, Indian indentured labour was imported to work the plantations. Representative government was established in 1947 and Mauritius became independent within the Commonwealth in 1968. In 1992 it adopted a republican constitution.
David Anthony Washbrook
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Mauritius: a cyber-island in the making.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...EFFORTS are in full swing to develop Mauritius into a cyber-island and to make...is done could determine whether Mauritius's late entry into the world...software ends in tears or cheers. Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean...
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Mauritius Features Some of The Best Telecommunication Market Indicators In Africa And Has Been The First With Many Innovations In The Field.
M2 Presswire; 10/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...October 2008-Research and Markets: Mauritius Features Some of The Best Telecommunication...researchandmarkets.com/research/7156e3/mauritius_teleco) has announced the addition of the "Mauritius - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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'MAURITIUS IS A LITTLE LIKE WALES' A former South Wales schoolboy is the UK ambassador to an island paradise - but he says his life isn't just about relaxing on the beach.
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 4/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...Ambassador to the paradise holiday island of Mauritius, he has a job some of us can only dream...of the better jobs in public service. Mauritius is obviously known as a paradise holiday...The reality is surprisingly different. Mauritius is the fourth most densely populated...
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TRAV Mauritius Tips
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...00-0000 If You Go ... GEOGRAPHY: Mauritius belongs to the Mascarene archipelago...coast. A largely volcanic formation, Mauritius measures about 20 miles (32 kilometers...except the south. ___ GETTING THERE: Mauritius is approximately a 10-hour flight from...
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Mauritius - Carving A Niche As An International Financial Centre Of Substance.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 2/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...crossroad of international investments, Mauritius has throughout the last decade forged...The Global Business Platform The Mauritius International Financial centre offers...framework. As a global business platform, Mauritius offers investors with a diverse product...
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Mauritius Telecom Awards QUALCOMM Contract to Supply 50,000-Subscriber cdmaOne Wireless Local Loop Network.
PR Newswire; 12/8/1998; 700+ words
; First cdmaOne Network in Mauritius Will Provide Wireless Telephone Service...today announced a signed contract with Mauritius Telecom, an established wireline and mobile wireless service operator. Mauritius Telecom has contracted QUALCOMM to...
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Mauritius Diary
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...I really didn't see the point of Mauritius. It was the year 2000 or thereabouts...along because I had heard so much about Mauritius. What had I heard? Well, I'd been...Minister of the newly independent country of Mauritius. At that stage, nobody in India knew...
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Mauritius to observe Bihar Day
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/22/2007; 613 words
; ...22 -- In a move to showcase Bihar in Mauritius, a Bihar Day will be celebrated in that...nation. "Bihar Day will be celebrated in Mauritius in June to showcase the positive and...cultural roots between the two places," Mauritius High Commissioner to India Mookkhswur...
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Mauritius Indians in search of their roots in Bihar
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...than a dozen requests from people in Mauritius to help trace their roots in the rural...search for roots received a fillip in Mauritius after Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam...attracted a great deal of attention in Mauritius and moved many people of Indian origin...
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Mauritius A Case Study. (Globalization and Africa).(successful economics)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Finance & Development; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...And they (the political parties in Mauritius) seem to recognize that, at the end...living. A notable exception has been Mauritius. Yet we had it on the highest possible...who prophesied in the early 1960s that Mauritius's development prospects were poor...
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Mauritius
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
Mauritius Basic Data Official Country Name: Republic of Mauritius Region (Map name): Africa Population: 1,179...a population of slightly more than 1.1 million, Mauritius is a stable democracy based on a plural society of...
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MAURITIUS
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
MAURITIUS. An Indian Ocean country and member of the COMMONWEALTH . Languages...Hakka Chinese. A French colony from 1715 and a British colony from 1810, Mauritius gained independence in 1968. The Creole minority is descended from African...
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Mauritian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...couleur/milat Orientation Identification. Mauritius has no indigenous population, and the...de-France by the French, the name Mauritius being restored subsequently by the British. Mauritius was a French colony from 1715 to 1814...
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United Kingdom African Dependencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...Archipelago (formerly a dependency of Mauritius). Aldabra, Farquhar, and Des Roches...contract employees from the United Kingdom, Mauritius, the Philippines, and the United States...It was administered as a dependency of Mauritius until 1965. Initially the archipelago...
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Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...heritage and grew up on the island nation of Mauritius when it was still a colony of Great Britain...struggle for independence in 1959. When Mauritius won its freedom, it won a president...studies in 1935, he was eager to return to Mauritius. He wanted for his people all the things...
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