Permanent historical factsheet

Unilateral Declaration of Independence

Name: Unilateral Declaration of Independence – Zimbabwe factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

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1965Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1965

Ian Douglas Smith11 November 1965

Salisbury · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Smith's government issues a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain.

Names involved

Ian Douglas Smith

Provenance

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