The British Period
After the capture of the island from the French the British re-named Ile de France 'Mauritius' and Port Louis was retained as the principal harbour. British administration started with Robert Farquhar as the first Governor. In terms of economic development the British took over from where the French left.
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In the years to come Mauritius witnessed marked economic and social changes. One of the most important events, which had major repercussions on the socio-economic and demographic fields, was the abolition of slavery in 1835. The British Government granted the sugar cane planters 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.
With no slaves to work in the sugar cane plantations the planters imported indentured labourers in large numbers. The Indian immigrants( mainly Hindus, Muslims and Tamils) were later joined by a small number of petty chinese traders.
It can be said that Mauritius, like Ile de France, was a success story under the rule of different British Governors. However during the 1930s and 1940s Mauritian nationalism became active in the political arena. Mauritius got its independance from Britain on 12th March 1968. Click here to find out more about modern Mauritius.
The French Period
After the departure of the Dutch 1n 1710, Guillaume Dufresne D'Arsel, while on the route to India, landed in Mauritius in September 1715 and claimed the island for France. He named Mauritius 'Ile dePeople & Culture
Mauritius owes its fame to sites of spectacular beauty, at the cost of forgetting that it is also an amazing melting-pot of cultures and traditions we now invite you to discover.
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The Dutch Period
In 1598 the Dutch came into the scene when Vice Admiral Vybrant Van Warwick claimed the island for the Netherlands and named it Mauritius in honour of his ruler, Prince Maurice of Nassau (Pictured onChagos Archipelago
The Chagos Archipelago was formerly administered from Mauritius. Then, a few years before independence in 1968, the British annexed the island under the British Indian Ocean Territory and leased theBritish American Tobacco (Mauritius) PLC
British American Tobacco Indian Ocean Islands Business Unit regroups Reunion, Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte, Seychelles and Mauritius more than Rs5.2bns in terms of annual turnover. This business unit
A Mauritian-Australian Connection site for all things Mauritan-Australian
The links between Australia and Mauritius span several centuries. Beginning with Abel Tasman in 1642, Mauritius was an important Indian Ocean base for exploration of Australia's coast. Trading links
The Pereybère Beach Apartments
This complex comprises of fully furnished flats on a self-catering basis. Each flat has a large sitting room, two bedrooms, Kitchen, toilet, and shower room. In the first bedroom there is a double