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    A constitutional referendum was held in Southern Rhodesia, then a constituent territory of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, on 26 July 1961. The...
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    supported by the ruling Rhodesian Front, but opposed by the Rhodesian Action Party, which had broken away from the Front. The referendum was open only to white...
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    As a result of the increasing ambiguity of the Queen's constitutional position, the Rhodesian government believed that only by becoming a republic would...
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    lasted until 1963. Southern Rhodesia was renamed Rhodesia and remained a de jure British colony until 1980. However, the Rhodesian government issued a...
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    Rhodesia (redirect from Rhodesian)
    white electorate in a referendum. Emboldened by the results of this referendum and the subsequent general election, the Rhodesian government threatened...
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    promise of Southern Rhodesian independence in the event of Federal dissolution, and ultimately resigned his post in protest. A referendum of the mostly...
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    The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwean War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December...
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    The Rhodesian Front (RF) was a conservative political party in Southern Rhodesia, subsequently known as Rhodesia. Formed in March 1962 by white Rhodesians...
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    the First Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia. The referendum came eight months after the 1922 Northern Rhodesian amalgamation referendum, where Northern Rhodesia...
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    The Southern Rhodesian prime minister, Winston Field, whose government had won most of the federation's military and other assets for Southern Rhodesia...
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  • White Zimbabweans (redirect from Rhodesians)
    White Zimbabweans, also known as White Rhodesians or simply Rhodesians, are a Southern African people of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and...
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    history of Zimbabwe Results of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean elections [1] Southern Rhodesia, Hansard, HC Deb 22 June 1961 vol 642 cc1696-739 Ian Smith Strips...
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    resulted in the Rhodesian government ceasing to recognise the authority of the Governor, and the 1969 Rhodesian constitutional referendum resulted in Rhodesia...
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    Agreement. The British Government did not accept Rhodesian independence as they did not view the referendum as representative of all of Rhodesia. Voter turnout...
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    Ian Smith (category Southern Rhodesian World War II pilots)
    November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October...
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  • international recognition and faced sustained internal opposition in the Rhodesian Bush War. After fifteen years of war, following the Lancaster House Agreement...
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    Nyasaland. A referendum was held in Southern Rhodesia on 9 April.: 592  Following the insistence and reassurances of the Southern Rhodesian prime minister...
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    Federation towards collapse. In Southern Rhodesia, constitutional changes adopted in 1961 as the result of a referendum split the heretofore non-racial...
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    The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the...
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    the Federal Party, which had operated at the federal level, and the Southern Rhodesian United Rhodesia Party. However, after conservative elements gained...
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  • election 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election 1961 South African general election 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution...
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    Company rule in Rhodesia (category 1890s in Southern Rhodesia)
    self-government by the growing number of white settlers. In a 1922 referendum, Southern Rhodesians chose responsible government within the British Empire over...
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    with Southern Rhodesia and possibly Nyasaland. The mineral wealth of Northern Rhodesia made full amalgamation attractive to Southern Rhodesian politicians...
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  • general election.[citation needed] In the run-up to the 1969 Rhodesian constitutional referendum, which sought to sever Rhodesia's links to the British monarchy...
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    Hugh Beadle (category Southern Rhodesian military personnel of World War II)
    14 December 1980) was a Rhodesian lawyer, politician and judge who served as Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia from March 1961 to November 1965, and as...
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    were actually agreed over the winter with the new party called the Southern Rhodesian Labour Party. An inaugural congress was held on 9 January 1944, but...
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    following the results of a general referendum. A prominent example of this, often cited by the Southern Rhodesians, related to the alleged actions and...
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    Zimbabwe (category Southern African countries)
    Under the new constitution, Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing British colony, subsequent to a 1922 referendum. Rhodesians of all races served on behalf...
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    The Rhodesian Action Party (RAP) was a political party in Rhodesia formed in 1977 by a group of MPs from the Rhodesian Front (RF) who were dissatisfied...
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    countries with similar constitutional histories – for example, Australia and Canada. The British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia—simply Rhodesia...
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