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British Indian Ocean Territory
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British Indian Ocean Territory
A British dependency comprising small islands in the western Indian Ocean. It was formed in 1965 by agreement with Mauritius and Seychelles.
British Indian Ocean Territory
n
(Placename) a UK Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean: consists of the Chagos Archipelago (formerly a dependency of Mauritius) and formerly included (until 1976) Aldabra, Farquhar, and Des Roches, now administratively part of the Seychelles. Diego Garcia is an important US naval base
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Diego Garcia is the largest Island in the Chagos Archipelago.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gould argues that it is important to understand something of the wider context in which the Chagos Archipelago was excised by the then Labour government, led by Harold Wilson, from Mauritius before its independence in 1968.
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At a glance · Diego Garcia is a 37-mile-long coral island surrounding a lagoon in the Indian Ocean, the largest such atoll in the Chagos archipelago.
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