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	<title>The Man Of All Islands</title>
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		<title>Political Structure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Political Structure
	•	Legislative power
•	Executive power
•	Judicial power
•	Political parties
•	The Constitution
	Should citizen are guaranteed and ensured:
The freedom, equal rights, national and gender equality, love of peace, social justice, respect of human rights, inviolability of ownership, conservation of nature and the human environment, the rule of law and a democratic multiparty system are the highest values of the constitutional order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/27/political-structure/</link>
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		<title>Protected: CAMPAIGN MANUAL For Presidency 2008</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/27/campaign-manual-for-presidency-2008/</link>
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		<title>Protected: What is a Political Party?</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/27/what-is-a-political-party/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Who is Maldivian Pol Pot</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/who-is-maldivian-pol-pot/</link>
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		<title>Traits of a Good Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Honesty - Display sincerity, integrity, and candor in all your actions. Deceptive behavior will not inspire trust. 
	Competent - Your actions should be based on reason and moral principles. Do not make decisions based on childlike emotional desires or feelings. 
	Forward-looking - Set goals and have a vision of the future. The vision must be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/traits-of-a-good-leader/</link>
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		<title>Pol Pot (1925-1998)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Pol Pot was born Saloth Sar on 19 May 1925 in Kompong Thong province in central Cambodia. The country was then a French protectorate and Pol Pot, whose family were relatively prosperous, was educated in a series of French-speaking schools. In 1949, he won a scholarship to study in Paris where he became involved in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/17/pol-pot-1925-1998/</link>
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		<title>Protected: How many votes are needed to win?</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/12/how-many-votes-are-needed-to-win/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Voter Analysis</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/12/voter-analysis/</link>
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		<title>Population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Both sex (Exc Male&#8217;)
Under 18 years	 104,400
18 - 65 years	 138,459
Over 65 years	 13,982
Total	 	 256,841 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/10/population/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Future prediction about Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/07/future-prediction-about-maumoon-abdul-gayoom/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Spreading Christianity in Maldives:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/07/spreading-christianity-in-maldives-2/</link>
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		<title>Draft Constitution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Article I                          Name and Affiliation		Page 2
Article II	                     Objects				Page 2
Article III [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/05/150/</link>
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		<title>Republican Party Manifesto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The republican Party manifesto applies the static principles of our party to the innovative priorities of the Maldivian People. 
	It is a plan to advance the lives of hardworking families and prepare our country for success in a rapid changing world. 
	Our goal rests on one idea more than any other that it is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/05/national-democratic-party-ndp-manifesto/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Genealogy</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/05/04/genealogy/</link>
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		<title>The servant of the people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maldivians are hoping for a nation where democracy will be established, rule of law will be upheld and justice will be served. We Maldivians have been mistreated and cheated by our rulers for a longtime. Due to this, we want a president who understands and respects the public. We want a servant who will serve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/03/29/the-servant-of-the-people-2/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Profile</title>
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2008/03/29/profile/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Prime Ministers and Presidents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/07/24/prime-ministers-and-presidents/</link>
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		<title>Parliaments and Presidents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A principal claim for parliamentary systems, which today make up the majority of democracies, is their responsiveness and flexibility. Parliamentary governments, especially if elected through proportional representation, tend toward multiparty systems where even relatively small political groupings are represented in the legislature. As a result, distinct minorities can still participate in the political process at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/07/24/parliaments-and-presidents/</link>
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		<title>Parliamentary government</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Consider not Parliamentary government as a reform - it is a throwback.
	The parliamentary form of government is an example of a government not having any seperation between the legislative and executive branches. The parliament was a evolutionary step for democracy. But that step has been taken and countries should have left the parliamentary form and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/07/21/parliamentary-government/</link>
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		<title>1974</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom becomes director of telecommunications department, and teaches Islam, Arabic and English in the afternoon.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/1974/</link>
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		<title>March 1973</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Manik, Abbas Ibrahim and Maumoon Gayyoom are arrested for &#8216;treacherous talk&#8217;. Gayyoom has claimed that selling alcohol, a mainstay of the tourism industry, is against Islamic law. Gayyoom placed under house arrest.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/march-1973-2/</link>
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		<title>October 1973</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Gayyoom permitted to return to Male&#8217;.

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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/october-1973/</link>
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		<title>May 1973</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Gayyoom banished for four months to Makunudhoo island on Maamakunudhoo atoll.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/may-1973/</link>
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		<title>March 1972</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British queen Elizabeth II visits Maldives. Ibrahim Nasir awarded the KCMG.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/march-1972-2/</link>
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		<title>July 1972</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom, Fathulla Jameel and Zahir Hussein summoned to meet President Nasir at his office. He invites them to write new Friday sermons for the mosques. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/july-1972/</link>
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		<title>July 1971</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom returns to live in Maldives after being resident overseas, mainly in Egypt, for 24 years. He teaches at Aminiya school.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/july-1971/</link>
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		<title>11 November 1968</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir becomes President of Republic of Maldives.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/11-november-1968/</link>
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		<title>1966</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom completes MA degree in Egypt at Al-Azhar university. His tertiary work is in Islamic Studies and Law. Dr Mohamed Kamal Abdul Ghani, a friend of Maumoon’s from primary school in Egypt, says: &#8216;Maumoon obtained his BA and MA in Islamic Sharia and Civil Law, with the degree of Excellence with Honours. In addition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/1966/</link>
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		<title>October 1963</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir demands independence as a further price of the Addu facilities. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/october-1963/</link>
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		<title>3 February 1962</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir aboard the Silver Crest, and leading another armed attack on Thinadhoo on Huvadhu atoll and Fua Mulak, attacks Thinadhoo. The island is leveled and population dispersed. Many people, driven from Thinadhoo onto surrounding islands, starve to death.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/3-february-1962/</link>
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		<title>February 1960</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British are granted a 30 year lease for Gan island and the Mamendu area of Hithadhoo island, and unrestricted lagoon access. Agreement confirms the sultan (king) of Maldives as the sole head of state, and reaffirms the &#8216;UK government&#8217;s desire and concern to promote an early reconciliation between the inhabitants of Addu atoll and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/february-1960-2/</link>
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		<title>March 1959</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir holds referendum which supports suppression of the southern revolt.
Maldive government officials prevented from landing on Fua Mulak. Shots are fired from their ship, and one islander is killed and four seriously wounded.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/march-1959/</link>
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		<title>November 1958</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir orders the government office in Gan to cease supplying labour for the base. 2,000 islanders working there. Costain Ltd arranges transport between Gan and the other islands, and construction continues despite problems with wage payments. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/november-1958/</link>
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		<title>December 1957</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Ali Didi resigns after a Male&#8217; mob surrounds his house, and majlis nominates Ibrahim Nasir (31 years old) as new chief minister.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/december-1957/</link>
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		<title>June 1956</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir becomes minister for public order and safety. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/june-1956/</link>
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		<title>15 December 1956</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Mohamed Didi has been ill, and when he leaves for treatment in Ceylon, Ibrahim Nasir becomes treasurer and deputy police minister. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/15-december-1956-2/</link>
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		<title>April 1955</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir, Mohamed Zaki, Ahmed Did (Maajehige) and Kolige Umar Manik are appointed to cabinet. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/april-1955/</link>
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		<title>1954</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom&#8217;s mother Khaddadhi dies in Male&#8217; after his father marries a new wife.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/1954/</link>
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		<title>March 1950</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom, officially 13, leaves Colombo for Egypt.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/march-1950/</link>
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		<title>Sept 1947</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom, then officially nearly 10 years old, leaves Male&#8217; for education in Ceylon and Egypt.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/sept-1947/</link>
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		<title>29 December 1937</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Maumoon Gayyoom is born (This is his birth date according to his authorised biography, but people close to the family insist he was born in 1932.) His father is Maafaiyge Dhon Seedi , a descendant of a slave trader from Zanzibar. His mother is Khaddadhi (Khadeeja Moosa) from Huvadhu atoll.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/29-december-1937/</link>
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		<title>2 December 1926</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir is born.

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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/23/2-december-1926/</link>
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		<title>Veli Hakuru</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Made of coconut palm syrup by boiling the syrup over a moderate heat and cooked by stirring continuously until it starts to crystallize. Removed from heat, allowed cooling and put into jars and seal well. 
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/veli-hakuru/</link>
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		<title>3 November 1988</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Male&#8217; NSS fort attacked at 4 a.m. by Sri Lankan mercenaries led by Abdulla Luthfee and Sagar Ahmed Nasir. The attack is co-ordinated by three of the mercenaries, Vasanthi, Farooq and Babu. Despite attempts by the rebels to disrupt communications, the telephone system functions throughout the attack. Gayyoom rings the US ambassador in Sri Lanka [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/3-november-1988/</link>
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		<title>Protected: US$4.53 million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/us453-million/</link>
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		<title>February 1980</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Alleged plot to use British mercenaries (former members of the British Special Air Service, SAS) to capture NSS headquarters in Male&#8217;. Gayyoom later says he was warned of the plot by Koli Ali Umar Manik in a phone call from Singapore. Alleged leaders of the plot are tried in February 1981.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/february-1980/</link>
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		<title>Russians offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Russians offer US$1 million to Maldives for use of Gan base by their fishing fleet. President Nasir calls the only cabinet meeting held between the end of March 1977 and November 1978. At that meeting, the Russian offer is rejected.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/russians-offer/</link>
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		<title>March 1973</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Manik, Abbas Ibrahim and Maumoon Gayyoom are arrested for &#8216;treacherous talk&#8217;. Gayyoom has claimed that selling alcohol, a mainstay of the tourism industry, is against Islamic law. Gayyoom placed under house arrest.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/march-1973/</link>
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		<title>March 1972</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British queen Elizabeth II visits Maldives. Ibrahim Nasir awarded the KCMG.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/march-1972/</link>
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		<title>September 1963</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British agree to return Addu to Male&#8217; control by the end of 1963 and Abdulla Afeef and his family taken to Seychelles aboard HMS Loch Lomond.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/september-1963/</link>
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		<title>April 1962</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British attempt to restore Addu to Male&#8217; rule but large violent demonstration in Gan rejects any change.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/april-1962/</link>
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		<title>August 1962</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	 In Male&#8217;, Borah traders banned from doing business in Maldives. Permission to trade was first granted in 1857. Koli Umar Manik (Nasir&#8217;s business advisor) and others benefited from the subsequent exchange rate changes. The Borahs had to barter their property before they left.
Large peaceful demonstration in Gan, Addu atoll, against Male&#8217; government rule.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/august-1962/</link>
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		<title>December 1961</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British award KCMG to king Mohamed Fareed.
Lord Mountbatten describes the Gan airstrip as the best in the Commonwealth.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/december-1961/</link>
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		<title>January 1960</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Addu atoll formally establishes Republic of Suvadive headed by Afeef Didi in Hithadhoo. Huvadhu and Fua Mulak atoll are also nominally part of Suvadive, but the British give protection only to Addu atoll.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/january-1960/</link>
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		<title>February 1960</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British are granted a 30 year lease for Gan island and the Mamendu area of Hithadhoo island, and unrestricted lagoon access. Agreement confirms the sultan (king) of Maldives as the sole head of state, and reaffirms the &#8216;UK government&#8217;s desire and concern to promote an early reconciliation between the inhabitants of Addu atoll and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/february-1960/</link>
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		<title>July 1959</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ibrahim Nasir personally leads armed expedition of hundreds of men aboard the Maldive Star onto Fua Mulak and Huvadhu atolls. Thinadhoo island attacked and homes of Hirihamaz and his son Abdulla are sacked and their large gold holdings are confiscated. Mass arrests follow, and many are tortured to death in Male&#8217;. Hirihamaz and two of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/july-1959/</link>
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		<title>February 1957</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British begin construction of military base on Gan island in Addu atoll, southern Maldives, before Maldive majlis has ratified the agreement. The company Richard Costain Ltd moves heavy machinery into Addu. Cabinet ministers defy Ibrahim Ali Didi and refuse to sign the agreement with the British High Commissioner.
Estimated cost of project is 2 million pounds. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/february-1957/</link>
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		<title>15 December 1956</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Without consulting the majlis or cabinet, King Mohamed Fareed and Prime Minister Ibrahim Ali Didi sign a initial agreement with British to accept 2,000 pounds for a 100 years lease for an airfield in Gan island on Addu, and a Radio Communications Station in Hithadhoo.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/15-december-1956/</link>
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		<title>300,000 pounds sterling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British give Mohamed Ameen 300,000 pounds sterling. Money is compensation from the Japanese for the families of the victims of the sinking of the Addu ship Yahunbarahu during WW2. The vessel had been owned by Ali Didi, the son of Elha Didi. Only two people escaped death on this odi, Mohamed Manikfan of Sikage house, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/300000-pounds-sterling/</link>
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		<title>July 1944</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Mohamed Ameen visits Addu. In Male&#8217;, he has listened to Buchaa’s version of events. Enemies of Afeef’s family in Hithadhoo are also capitalising on the situation; accusations of threats and black magic rites against Hassan Fareed combine with rumours of letters between the British and Abdulla Afeef discussing Addu’s possible succession to Britain. Afeef has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/july-1944/</link>
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		<title>September 1941</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	British Royal marines land on Addu atoll to establish secret Port T base. They establish coastal batteries, searchlights, signal towers, roads, camps and jetties for a naval base.Within three months, nearly a quarter of this group have to abandon their work due to sickness.
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		<link>http://themanofallislands.blogsome.com/2007/06/16/september-1941/</link>
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