Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Tanzania

Tanzania · Government / Government of Tanzania. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1961–1964Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1961

Julius Kambarage Nyerere1 May 1961

Dodoma · Government / Government of Tanzania

Prepares Tanganyika for independence

1964

Julius Kambarage Nyerere1964

Dodoma · Government / Government of Tanzania

Tanganyika & Zanzibar form a common sovereign state, the Republic of Tanzania

Names involved

Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Provenance

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