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Name: Bechuanaland Crown Colony

Type: Polity

Start: 1885 AD

End: 1895 AD

Parent: great britain

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Was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from 1885 until its annexation to the neighbouring Cape Colony in 1895.

Establishment

  • September 1885: The northern boundary of the protectorate was formally extended northward by the British to include Ngamiland, which was then dominated by the Tawana state.

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    1. Events

  • January 1895: British officials arrived in the Ngamiland region in 1894.

  • November 1895: The Bechuanaland Crown Colony was annexed to the neighboring British Cape Colony.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1895: British officials arrived in the Ngamiland region in 1894.
  • November 1895: The Bechuanaland Crown Colony was annexed to the neighboring British Cape Colony.

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