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- British_Mauritius abstract "British Mauritius was a British crown colony. Despite the only French naval victory (during the Napoleonic Wars) of Battle of Grand Port on 20–27 August 1810 by a fleet commanded by Pierre Bouvet, Mauritius was captured on 3 December 1810 by the British under Commodore Josias Rowley. Their possession of the island was confirmed four years later by the Treaty of Paris (1814). French institutions, including the Napoleonic Code of law, were maintained. The French language was at that moment still used more widely than English.The British administration, which began with Robert Townsend Farquhar as governor, was followed by rapid social and economic changes. One of the most important events was the abolition of slavery on 1 February 1835. The planters received a compensation of two million pounds sterling for the loss of their slaves which had been imported from Africa and Madagascar during the French occupation.The Mauritian Creole people trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who were brought to work the sugar fields. Indo-Mauritians are descended from Indian immigrants who arrived in the 19th century via the Aapravasi Ghat in order to work as indentured laborers after slavery was abolished in 1835. Included in the Indo-Mauritian community are Muslims (about 17% of the population) from the Indian subcontinent. In 1885 a new constitution was introduced. The Franco-Mauritian elite controlled nearly all of the large sugar estates and was active in business and banking. As the Indian population became numerically dominant and the voting franchise was extended, political power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Indo-Mauritians.Conflicts arose between the Indian community (mostly sugarcane labourers) and the Franco-Mauritians in the 1920s, leading to several – mainly Indian – deaths. Following this the Mauritius Labour Party was founded in 1936 by Maurice Cure to safeguard the interest of the labourers. Cure was succeeded a year later by Emmanuel Anquetil who tried to gain the support of the port workers. After his death, Guy Rozemond took over the leadership of the party.".
- British_Mauritius capital Port_Louis.
- British_Mauritius currency Mauritian_dollar.
- British_Mauritius currency Mauritian_rupee.
- British_Mauritius dissolutionDate "1968-03-12".
- British_Mauritius dissolutionYear "1968".
- British_Mauritius foundingDate "1810-12-03".
- British_Mauritius foundingYear "1810".
- British_Mauritius governmentType Crown_colony.
- British_Mauritius motto ""Star and Key of the Indian Ocean"".
- British_Mauritius motto ""Stella Clavisque Maris Indici"(Latin)".
- British_Mauritius thumbnail Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg?width=300.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageID "31283791".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageLength "6767".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageOutDegree "42".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageRevisionID "693349856".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Aapravasi_Ghat.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Grand_Port.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Bhojpuri_language.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Category:1810_establishments_in_the_British_Empire.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Mauritius.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_colonies_in_Africa.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Mauritius.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_Digital_Library_related.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Chagos_Archipelago.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Chagossian_creole.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Constitution_of_Mauritius_(1885).
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Crown_colony.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink French_language.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Governor_of_British_Mauritius.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Governor_of_Mauritius.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Invasion_of_Isle_de_France.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Josias_Rowley.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Labour_Party_(Mauritius).
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_Creole.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_dollar.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_of_African_origin.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_of_French_origin.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_of_Indian_origin.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Mauritian_rupee.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Code.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink National_Assembly_(Mauritius).
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Pierre_François_Étienne_Bouvet_de_Maisonneuve.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Port_Louis.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Prime_Minister_of_Mauritius.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Townsend_Farquhar.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Seychelles.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Paris_(1814).
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLink Tromelin_Island.
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "British Crown Colony of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "British Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "British colonisation".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "British colony of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Colony of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Crown Colony of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Île de France".
- British_Mauritius capital Port_Louis.
- British_Mauritius commonLanguages Bhojpuri_language.
- British_Mauritius commonLanguages Chagossian_creole.
- British_Mauritius commonLanguages English_language.
- British_Mauritius commonLanguages French_language.
- British_Mauritius commonLanguages Mauritian_Creole.
- British_Mauritius commonName "British Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius continent "Africa".
- British_Mauritius conventionalLongName "Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius country "Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius currency Mauritian_dollar.
- British_Mauritius currency Mauritian_rupee.
- British_Mauritius dateEnd "--03-12".
- British_Mauritius dateEvent "1814-05-30".
- British_Mauritius dateEvent "1903".
- British_Mauritius dateEvent "1954".
- British_Mauritius dateEvent "1965-11-08".
- British_Mauritius dateStart "--12-03".
- British_Mauritius deputy Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam.
- British_Mauritius empire "United Kingdom".
- British_Mauritius event Treaty_of_Paris_(1814).
- British_Mauritius event "Agreement between the British and the French for Tromelin Island".
- British_Mauritius event "Detachment of the Chagos Archipelago and BIOT formed".
- British_Mauritius event "Seychelles separated as a crown colony".
- British_Mauritius eventEnd "Independence".
- British_Mauritius eventStart Invasion_of_Isle_de_France.
- British_Mauritius flag "Flag of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius flagP "Royal Standard of the King of France.svg".
- British_Mauritius flagS "Flag of Mauritius.svg".
- British_Mauritius flagS "Flag of Seychelles 1903-1961.gif".
- British_Mauritius flagS "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory.svg".
- British_Mauritius flagS "Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.svg".
- British_Mauritius governmentType "Crown Colony".
- British_Mauritius imageCoat "Coat of arms of Mauritius .svg".
- British_Mauritius imageFlag "Flag of Mauritius 1923.svg".
- British_Mauritius imageMap "Mauritius .svg".
- British_Mauritius imageMapCaption "Location of the Crown Colony of Mauritius".
- British_Mauritius latd "20".