[OT] The Fall of the British Empire???

[Ben Rubinstein]

 > When exactly did the British Empire fall??
Just like Hemingway's bankruptcy: slowly at first, then suddenly.

Lost the American colonies 1776-1783.

Canada 1867 - 1931

Australia and New Zealand 1901 - 1931

South Africa 1910- 1931
Ireland (mostly) 1919-1937

Egypt 1922

Iraq 1932

1940s
India, Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka

1950s
Malaya, Singapore, Palestine

1960s
Most of the colonies in Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, 
Maldives, Aden, Cyprus, Malta

1970s
Bahrain, Qatar, Trucial States (UAE), Fiji, rest of the Caribbean

1984
Hong Kong

On 17/11/2023 17:20, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> Excerpt from The Livecode Team newsletter:
> 
> Several members of our team have been enjoying the Empire podcast recently with William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. This explores how empires rise, why they fall and how they have shaped the world around us today. The series covers THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE as well as the Ottoman Empire, with episodes around iconic events such as the fall of Constantinople and the Indian Mutiny among many others.
> 
> When exactly did the British Empire fall?? I thought it was still a thing?
> 
> Bob S
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