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Zanzibar Revolution

1964 CE

A violent revolution overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar just weeks after independence, leading to the merger with Tanganyika to form Tanzania. Thousands of Arab and Indian residents were killed or expelled.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Afro-Shirazi Party rebels
  • Sultan of Zanzibar

Key moments

Defining events in the Zanzibar Revolution.

  1. January 12, 1964 Storming of Zanzibar

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1964 CE and 1964 CE.

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And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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