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The first came out was when a sporting competition bringing together the members or countries of the British empire was first proposed br the Reverend Astley Cooper. In 1891 he wrote a article in the times(English newpaper in England) suggesting a Contest and festival every 4 years as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understandings of the British Empire.

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