Miscellaneous - This Day That Age   

dated March 14, 1959: Revolt in S. Maldives

The People of the Southern Atolls in the British-protected Maldivian archipelago have proclaimed a new State, called the United Suadive Islands, after a violent revolt against the Republican government based in Male, Ceylon’s evening papers reported on March 13. The Southern Atolls included the Gan Island in Addu where a British air base had been under construction for some time. The Times of Ceylon, which carried the bare news of the revolt in its first edition credited the information, in a later edition, to a communication received from Mr. Moosa Ali Didi, who had described himself as the Director of the Publications Office of the New State. No official confirmation of the reported revolt was available from the Maldivian Government Representative’s office in Colombo as the Representative, Mr. Ahmed Zacki, was reported to be away in India. The communication quoted by the Times of Ceylon said that the rebels had burnt down the offices of the Maldivian Government representative in the Southern Atolls.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Cartoonscape
The Hindu Crossword 9480
Solution to Puzzle 9479
The Lord’s compassion
dated March 14, 1959: Revolt in S. Maldives
dated March 14, 1959: External aid for India
dated March 14, 1959: Cattle diseases
Weather

Copyright © 2009, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu