Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. It was the de facto successor of the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia after the white minority government made a unilateral declaration of independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965, and the United Nations Security Council called on all states to deny it recognition and assistance. It fought the Rhodesian Bush War against the nationalist parties ZAPU and ZANU, and in 1978 prime minister Ian Smith conceded to majority rule. After the Lancaster House Agreement of 1979 and elections in 1980 the territory gained internationally recognised independence as the Republic of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was landlocked, bordered by Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia, and its largest cities were Salisbury, now Harare, and Bulawayo.
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is a former international lawn bowler who competed for Rhodesia.
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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Charles Stewart Bradley (born 1919) is a South African-born former international lawn bowler who competed for Rhodesia.
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Florence 'Flo' Kennedy is a former Rhodesian and Zimbabwean international lawn bowler.
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Fred D Hockin is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.
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was a Rhodesian professional motorcycle road and car racer.
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Geoff L. Knott (born 1920) is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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William Raymond Amm (10 December 1927 – 11 April 1955) was a Rhodesian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
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was a Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler
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A landlocked nation, Rhodesia was bordered by Botswana (Bechuanaland: British protectorate until 1966) to the southwest, Mozambique (as a Portuguese province until 1975) to the east, South Africa to the south, and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia until 1964) to the northwest.
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Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970 onwards, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979.
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but reconstituted itself as a republic in 1970.
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the white Southern Rhodesian cabinet issued a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965.
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