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The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of them are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1931 when the Statute of Westminster gave legal recognition to the independence of dominions. Known as the "British Commonwealth", the first members were the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State and Dominion of Newfoundland, although Australia and New Zealand did not adopt the statute until 1942 and 1947 respectively. In 1949, the London Declaration was signed and marked the birth of the modern Commonwealth and the renaming to its present name The current 53 members of the commonwealth are: * Antigua and Barbuda * Australia * Bahamas * Bangladesh * Barbados * Belize * Botswana * Brunei * Cameroon * Canada * Cyprus * Dominica * Gambia * Ghana * Grenada * Guyana * India * Jamaica * Kenya * Kiribati * Lesotho * Malawi * Malaysia * Maldives * Malta * Mauritius * Mozambique * Namibia * Nauru * New Zealand * Nigeria * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * Saint Kitts and Nevis * Saint Lucia * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * Samoa * Seychelles * Sierra Leone * Singapore * Solomon Islands * South Africa * Sri Lanka * Swaziland * Tanzania * Tonga * Trinidad and Tobago * Tuvalu * Uganda * United Kingdom * Vanuatu * Zambia In addition for the Commonwealth Games some countries compete as separate nations, for example United Kingdon competes as England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. This brings the total number of nations competing at the Commonwealth Games to 71 currently
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How can a country become a member of the common wealth?
bing it
Is Somalia a commonwealth?
is Ethiopia common wealth country
Who is the biggest participating country in common wealth game?
Canada.
Which is the biggest participated country in common wealth game?
Australia
Which country have maximum in 2010 common wealth game?
Australia
First country to host Olympics?
first country to host common wealth games
What is the country is not allowed to participate in common wealth game in 2010?
Fiji
Which country is the host of common wealth games 2010?
New Delhi, India.
Who country will host the Common Wealth Games 2014?
Scotland hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Should commonwealth games take place in developing country like India?
no common wealth should not be held in developing country like India cause of common wealth the corruption in India has been increased .The government is wasting lots of money on common wealth's .The Rich are becoming more richer games held in India show that we are today also doing the slavery of Britisher's.
How much country's compete in the common wealth games?
71 nations participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
What country does not participate in the common wealth games?
Only countries that are members of the common wealth, but now the only country that does not take part , is Zimbawe, as it is expelled from the common wealth. Japan isn't in the common wealth games either neither is Scotland or England as they dropped out because of the poor conditions
