Zanzibar Revolution
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The Zanzibar Revolution began on 12 January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by the island's majority Black African population.
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President Amani Abeid Karume participating in a military parade to mark the 40th anniversary of the revolution
Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi is a Zanzibari royal who was the last reigning Sultan of Zanzibar. He was deposed in the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, after the United Kingdom gave up its British Protectorate.
