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    The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political...
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    The British West Indies (BWI) were the territories in the West Indies under British rule, including Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos...
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    Indies and the Dutch East Indies. In the West Indies, the Spanish West Indies, the Dutch West Indies, the French West Indies, the British West Indies...
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    The flag of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. It bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes with a large orange-gold circle...
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  • British colonies that would later form the West Indies Federation plus British Guiana. The last series the West Indies played before the outbreak of the Second...
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  • The West Indies Federal Labour Party (WIFLP) or Federalists was one of two main Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being...
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  • The West Indies Democratic Labour Party (DLP) or Democrats was one of two Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being the...
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  • Kingdom, West Indian referred to those who were Black. Inclusively, in 1961 all inhabitants of the West Indies Federation were termed West Indian regardless...
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  • Board (BCCB). It was the official currency used by the West Indies Federation. The British West Indies dollar was never used in British Honduras, the Cayman...
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    The term British West Indies refers to the former English and British colonies and the present-day overseas territories of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean...
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    the West Indies Federation was the head of government of the short lived West Indies Federation (also known as the British Caribbean Federation), which...
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    1958 a new regiment was created following the creation of the Federation of the West Indies with the establishment of three battalions, however, the regiment's...
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  • Caribbean federation "West Indies", a 2021 song by Koffee East Indies (disambiguation) Indies (disambiguation) West Indian, an inhabitant of the West Indies Dutch...
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    West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies...
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    The coat of arms of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. The background of the shield bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes...
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    British Virgin Islands, and the remaining islands became parts of the West Indies Federation. The Leeward Islands was established as an English colony in 1671...
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    Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast...
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  • nine other British colonies in the Caribbean territories in a Federation of the West Indies but called a referendum on the issue in 1961. Voters chose to...
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    of the West Indies Federation was a post in the government of the West Indies. The federation, also known as the British Caribbean Federation, consisted...
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    Federation of the West Indies was held in Jamaica on 19 September 1961. Voters were asked "Should Jamaica remain in the Federation of the West Indies...
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  • English sides. Administered by the West Indies Cricket Board ("WICB"), and known colloquially as The Windies, the West Indies cricket team represents a sporting...
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    and Eritrea (1952–1962) Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) West Indies Federation (1958–1962) Mali Federation (1959–1960) Republic of the...
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    the West Indies Federation again broached an idea of political association with Canada. One proposal from the Caribbean heads was for the West Indies Federation...
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    The Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation was the bicameral legislature in West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. It was formally made up...
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    /bɑːrˈbeɪdəs/ bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America...
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    political, linkage between the former British West Indies English-speaking countries after the West Indies Federation failed. On 1 August 1973, the country became...
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  • Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean...
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    British Honduras (now Belize, which held observer status in the West Indies Federation) showed more interest in a union with Canada than with the other...
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  • Non-governmental federations, organizations governed by federalism Russian Federation, the official name for Russia since 1991 West Indies Federation, also known...
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    Guyana from 1972 to 1975, and assistant attorney general of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. Ramphal was an Earth Charter International Commission...
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