Bemba
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Was a precolonial Kingdom created by the Bemba people in Zambia.
Establishment
January 1701: The Marathas, led by their ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, expanded eastwards into Mughal lands, capturing Hyderabad in 1700.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1741: In 1740, migrants from the Lunda Kingdom, led by Chief Kazembe, settled in the Lake Moero and Lwapula Valley region. This territory later became part of the Kingdom of Kazembe.
January 1857: The Yeke Kingdom was founded by chief Msidi (also spelled M'Siri, Mziri, Msiri) who had immigrated from Unyamwezi (central Tanzania).
Disestablishment
January 1891: Bemba was taken over by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
