Imperial Losses

A list of territories surrendered by the British Empire in the latter half of the 20th century

1956 Sudan, Suez Canal

1957 Ghana (Gold Coast), Malaya

1960 British Somaliland, Cyprus, Nigeria

1961 Sierra Leone, British Cameroons, Tanganyika, Kuwait

1962 Jamaica, Western Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda

1963 Kenya, Zanzibar, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak

1964 Malawi (Nyasaland), Malta, Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)

1965 Gambia

1966 Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho, Barbados

1967 Aden, Leeward Islands, Winward Islands

1968 Mauritius, Nauru, Swaziland

1970 Fiji, Tonga

1971 United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar

1973 Bahamas

1974 Grenada

1975 Papua New Guinea

1976 Seychelles

1978 Dominica

1979 Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)

1980 Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

1981 Belize

1984 Brunei

1990 Namibia (Southwest Africa)

1997 Hong Kong