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• In 1968, Mauritius became independent
• In 1992, Mauritius became a republic
• In 1960, the cyclones Carol and Alix hit Mauritius
• In 1975, cyclone Gervaise hit Mauritius
• In 2002, Rodrigues was granted autonomy
• From 1968 to 1992, the Queen of Britain was the head of State
• Since 1992, the President has been the head of State
• The First Governor General was Sir Shaw John Rennie
• The First Mauritian Governor General was Sir Abdool Raman Osman
• The First Prime Minister was Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
• The current Prime Minister is Sir Pravin Kumar Jugnauth
• The current President is Prithvirajsing Roopun
• The First President was Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo
• The constitution can be referred as the supreme laws of the country
• The Government can be defined as a group of people with the authority to govern a country or state
• Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state through elected representatives
• Sovereignty can be referred as the supreme power of a state to govern its territory or the power to make its own laws and have its own constitution
• Autonomy is the authority of self governing
• The social problem of Mauritius in the 1960s were housing conditions, health issues and rapid rise in population
• the houses in the 1960s were mainly made of thatched roofs, shacks, huts, corrugated iron sheets and straw and wooden
• After the cyclone Alix and Carol the Central Housing Authority (CHA) was set up to build houses for homeless people
• After cyclone Gervaise in 1975, houses were constructed by the Central Housing Authority (CHA), Mauritius Housing Corporation (MHC) and the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund (SILWF)
• The health problems in 1940s were Malaria, Tuberculosis and Poliomyelitis
• The health problems in 1960s were Malnutrition, Digestive disorders, Ear diseases and Anemia among children and women
• Hospitals in Mauritius before independence

  • The Civil Hospital in Port Louis
  • The Candos Hospital at Quatre Bornes
  • Mahebourg
  • Flacq
  • Souillac
  • Moka
  • Montagne Longue
  • Poudre d'Or
• Health services in Rodrigues

  • One major hospital at Creve Coeur called Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Two Area Health Centres at Mont Lubin and La Ferme
  • Dispensaries in some villages
• Population of Mauritius
• There were 333 sugar mills over Mauritius


  1858
• E.P.Z was set up

  1970
• Nobel laureate VS Naipaul visited Mauritius

  1972
• Mauritius became a middle-income newly industrialised country

  20th century
• Economic development in Mauritius since independence

  • Financial services
  • Sugar cane Industry
  • Manufacturing Sector
  • Tourism Sector
  • ICT &BPO Sector
  • Banking
• Economic difficulties at the time of independence

  • Overdependence on sugar industry
  • High rate of population growth
  • Unemployment
• Sugar industry was the main source of revenue in the 1960's
• Profits from sugar exports were used for development works: roads construction, public buildings, hospitals, schools, reservoirs
• Factors affecting sugar industry in the 1960's

  • Fluctuating prices in the world market
  • Rising wages of workers
  • Unfavourable climatic conditions
• Most people worked only during harvest season in the 1960's
• Educated young people (school certificate holders) refrained from undertaking manual jobs in the 1960's
• Due to mechanisation, harvesting and loading were done by machines in the 1960's
• Relief workers worked for four days per week which was called Quatre Jours a Paris in the 1960's