From which country did Madagascar gain independence in 1960?
Madagascar in World War II to the already growing nationalist and pro-independence sentiment on the island. Many Malagasy were angered at France's treatment of its colonial subjects as second-class citizens and the forced conscription of its men into the armed services. In 1946, Madagascar's representatives in the National Assembly submitted a bill to grant Madagascar its independence from France. It was rejected. All of these events eventually culminated in the Malagasy Uprising of 1947 which saws tens of thousands of people on the island killed when French forces violently crushed the rebellion. Madagascar did not achieve independence until 1960. Madagascar in World War II Madagascar,
Madagascar population are: Antananarivo, the capital (1,299,080), Toamasina, the country's principal seaport (274,667), Antsirabe (238,478), Mahajanga (220,629), Fianarantsoa (190,318), Toliara (156,710), Antsiranana (115,015), Ambovombe (111,700), Antanifotsy (70,626), and Amparafaravola (47,000). Madagascar became a Member State of the United Nations on 20 September 1960, shortly after gaining its independence on 26 June 1960. As of January 2017, 34 police officers from Madagascar are deployed in Haiti as part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti. Starting in 2015, under the direction of and with assistance from the UN, the World Food Programme started the Madagascar Country Programme with the two main