<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> gains independence from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup about="#mwt115" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_12#cite_note-21" id="mw0A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw0Q">[21]</span></a></sup>
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