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Ian Douglas Smith
History of Zimbabwe
1964
Prime Minister
13th April
Appointed
Prime
Minister
of
Rhodes
ia
1965
Independence
11th Nov Harare
Makes a Unilateral
Declaration
of
Independence
1965
UDI
11th Nov Harare
Smith
unilaterally declares independence under white minority rule, sparking international outrage and economic sanctions
1966
Independence
Salisbury
An announcement rejects the terms offerred on board the HMS Tiger by
Harold
Wilson
Gibraltar
On HMS Tiger
Wilson
offers
Smith
a deferment of majority rule for a decade
1970
Independence
2nd Mar Harare
Rhodes
ia breaks away from
Britain
& the
Commonwealth
to become a
Republic
1972
ZANU
Guerrilla
war against white rule intensifies, with rivals Zanu and Zapu operating out of
Zambia
and
Mozambique
1972
ZAPU
Guerrilla
war against white rule intensifies, with rivals Zanu and Zapu operating out of
Zambia
and
Mozambique
1976
Conference of Geneva
28th Oct Geneva
The
Rhodes
ia
Conference
opens in
Geneva
4th Nov Geneva
Delegates at the
Geneva
Conference
cannot agree a date for
Rhodes
ian independence
4th Nov Geneva
Smith
returns to
Rhodes
ia
1976
Independence
19th Sep
Smith
accepts the principle of majority rule
26th Sep
Britain
agrees a conference to establish transitional government in
Rhodes
ia
4th Nov Geneva
Delegates at the
Geneva
Conference
cannot agree a date for
Rhodes
ian independence
1977
Independence
24th Jan Harare
Ian
Smith
rejects the
British
proposals for a
Rhodes
ian settlement
1978
Election
Smith
yields to pressure for a negotiated settlement, elections for the transitional legislature is boycotted by
Patriotic
Front
made up of Zanu and Zapu
1979
Constitution
British
-brokered all-party talks at
Lancaster
House
in
London
lead to a peace agreement and new constitution, which guarantees minority rights
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