The UK has agreed to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius after decades of diplomatic dispute
The first inhabitants arrive on the Chagos Islands: enslaved Africans, who are put to work on coconut plantations, producing copra, created by the French. Later, after their emancipation, indentured Indians arrive.After Napoleon’s abdication and exile during the Napoleonic wars, Britain formally takes possession of the Chagos Islands and nearby Mauritius from France.
, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony, although it will retain control over the military base on Diego Garcia, which it operates jointly with the US.
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