EVENT INFORMATION

26
Mei
1966

Guyana becomes independent from Britain

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📅 26 Mei 1966 📍 Guyana

Guyana gained independence, ending British colonial government. Nationalist and labour organizing had made self-government a central demand. The transfer changed formal political authority, while racialized divisions, unequal economic relationships and struggles over democratic power continued to shape the society inherited from plantation colonialism.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Forbes Burnham

Cheddi Jagan

Organisaties in dit Evenement

People’s National Congress

People’s Progressive Party

Guyanese independence movement