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Key Historical Events. The Dutch were the first settlers (1598). In 1710 they abandoned the island, which was occupied by the French under the name of Ile de France (1715). The British occupied the island in 1810, and it was formally ceded to the UK in 1814. Mauritius became independent and a member of the Commonwealth in 1968, and a republic on 12 March 1992.
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Further Reading
Central Statistical Information Office. Bi-annual Digest of Statistics.
Bennett, P. R., Mauritius. [Bibliography] 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
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Hunter, B. (1996). Mauritius. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271258_123
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