azimio la tanganyika kuwa jamhuri lapitishwa

Benendera ya Tanganyika huru 1961-1964

Leo (Juni 23) katika Historia yetu

Mwaka 1962, Baraza la Taifa lilipitisha sheria ya kuifanya nchi ya Tanganyika kuwa Jamhuri.
kujikumbusha baadhi ya matukio makuu ya nchi yetu bonyeza HAPA au soma zaidi

Chronological History  in Tanganyika

(now Tanzania)

1st Century B.C.                Cushites from Ethiopia settle in Tanganyika.

2nd Century A.D.             Agriculturists from Cameroun and Nigeria settle in Tanganyika and Iron Age Civilization develop.

7th Century A.D.              Arabian merchants settle on the island of Zanzibar off the Tangayikan coast.

10th Century A.D.            Traders from China and India visit Tanganyika in boats on a regular basis.

10th Century A.D.            About this time the fabled emigration of Fijians from Tanganyika takes place.

12th Century A.D.            Swahili Civilization established in Zanzibar and Coastal Area of Mainland Tanganyika.

15th Century A.D.            Organized Kingdoms and Chiefdoms established in various regions of Tanganyika.

1866-1873                         European adventure trips to Tanzania including the visit of Dr.David Livingstone.

1880                                  German Colonization of Tanganyika.

1885                                       Partition of Africa; German Rule of Tanganyika recognized by European powers.

1885-1905                            Wars of Resistance by African tribes against the Germans.

1890                                       British Rule in Zanzibar recognized by major powers.

1914-1918                            British Allies over-run Tanganyika taking the country from the Germans.

1919                                       League of Nations decide to place Tanganyika under British Rule.

1946                                       Tanganyika becomes UN Trust Territory under British Administration.

1961                                       Independence of Tanganyika.

1962                                       Tanganyika becomes a Republic.

1963                                       Zanzibar becomes independent.

1964                                       Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania.

1985                                       President Nyerere retires from Office; President Ali Hassan Mwinyi takes over.

1992                                       Multiparty-politics re-established.

1995                                       President Ali Hassan Mwinyi retires and President Benjamin William Mkapa takes over.