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Chad became an independent nation in August of 1960. The French held the area as a colony for about 200 years.
The British primarily came to India as traders and later occupied the country taking advantage of the disunity among the Indian kingdoms who were constantly fighting with each other. The country was first declared as a part of British Empire after the Revolt of 1857 (also called Sepoy Mutiny). In this revolt, most of the revolutionaries were the general people and the higher members of the society including the rulers did not assist them in the feat. This led to a disorganized and violent breakdown of revolution but then defeat. By this time the East India Company had already occupied major parts of the country and easily colonized the whole nation into their empire. 1876 but they became a colony in 1900
The British Empire
Rwanda was ruled by Tutsi kings up until it became a German colony in 1899 when it became a nation of indirect rule. After the Rwandan Genocide ended in 1994, President Pasteur Bizimungu came into power, followed by Paul Kagame.
Portugal established the first African colony inMozambique in 1500.
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The nation of India became an English colony after the fall of the Mughal Empire. After the fall of the Mughal Empire, India was ruled by many Rajas and Nawabs. Many states became independent. One by one these states were defeated by the British East India Company. Later the Bristish established their rule in India after crushing the Independence Movement in 1857.
Ethiopia
Marseille is a town in southern France. It was founded as a Greek colony before the Roman empire.
Bermuda is a British colony. It became a colony in 1707, which was the year that the Kingdom of Great Britain was created by joining the parliaments of England and Scotland.
Canada became a nation in 1867 as it began to draw away from the British Empire. However, Canada became completely free of England in 1982.
If by opposite, you mean the country ruling the colony, the nation that is the centre of the empire, then you might say overlord, imperial nation, ruler, governing state, or perhaps mother country or homeland, depending on the relationship between colony and ruler.
Cuba and the Philippines both eventually became independent nations.
The Netherlands are an independent nation. They were a Spanish colony several centuries ago but became independent.
The difference between a protectorate and a colony is that a protectorate is a separate country from the main part whilst a colony is ruled by the nation. Eg. The Ottoman Empire had a protectorate of the Khanate of the Crimea whilst say Ottoman Arabia was a colony. Hope this helps.
Venezuela is a country in and of itself. Originally a colony of the Empire of Spain, Venezuela is predominantly a Spanish-speaking nation.
The end of Mughal rule in India came when the soldiers who led the rebellion of 1857 marched to Delhi and announced the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, as the ruler of India. The rebellion was soon crushed and Bahadur Shah Zafar was deported to Myanmar by the East India Company. Thus putting and end to a dynasty, which rewrote the history of a nation.