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| 1962 |
| | Ian Smith's white supremacist party, the Rhodesian Front, wins power in Rhodesia's election | |
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| 1963 |
| | Robert Mugabe and Ndabaningi Sithole split from ZAPU to found ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union | |
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| 1963 |
| | The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved, as the three colonies go their separate ways | |
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| 1964 |
| | Ian Smith, now prime minister of Rhodesia, arrests leading black politicians Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe | |
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| 1965 |
| | Ian Smith makes a unilateral declaration of Rhodesia's independence | |
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| 1968 |
| | The United Nations, with the approval of Britain as the colonial power, imposes economic sanctions on Rhodesia | |
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| 1976 |
| | Nkomo and Mugabe merge their guerrilla troops in a more effective disruptive force, to be known as the Patriotic Front | |
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| 1979 |
| | The first multiracial elections held in Rhodesia are won by bishop Abel Muzorewa | |
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| 1979 |
| | A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia | |
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| 1979 |
| | Britain agrees to fund the purchase of land of British farmers in Southern Rhodesia willing to sell, for a much-needed land distribution programme | |
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