The Bechuanaland Protectorate (/ˌbɛtʃuˈɑːnəlænd/) was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the...
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British Bechuanaland was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation on 30 September 1885 until...
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Ruth Williams Khama (section Arrival in Bechuanaland)
newspapers advocated invading Bechuanaland if the "White Queen" was permitted to stay. Ruth's arrival in Bechuanaland in August 1949 coincided with the...
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influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in the neighbouring country of South Africa and...
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This is a list of the commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained full independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891, the post was...
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Botswana People's Party (redirect from Bechuanaland People's Party)
The Botswana People's Party (BPP), originally the Bechuanaland People's Party, is a political party in Botswana formed in December 1960 during the colonial...
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the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the Decolonisation of Africa, Bechuanaland became an independent Commonwealth republic...
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History of Botswana (section Bechuanaland Protectorate)
encompasses the region's ancient and tribal history, its colonisation as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and the present-day Republic of Botswana. The first modern...
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Botswana Democratic Party (redirect from Bechuanaland Democratic Party)
The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP; Tswana: Phathi ya Tomokoraga) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana...
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Langeberg Rebellion (1896–97) (redirect from Bechuanaland Campaign (1896–97))
The Langeberg Rebellion of 1896–97, also known as Ntwa ya Bana ba Mokgothu in SeTswana, was a war of resistance waged by two Tswana groups: the Batlhaping...
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