Commonwealth of Nations
Appearance
Commonwealth, uu sab des ke naam hae jon ki pahile British Empire me rahaa. Pahile iske naam British Commonwealth of Nations rahaa, jiske 1926 me suruu karaa gais rahaa. Abhi isme 53 member des hae jisme se Mozambique ke chhorr ke aur sab British Empire me pahile rahaa. Tiin member Europe ke hae, ek hae South America me, 18 Africa me, 8 Asia me aur 11 Oceania me . Ek suspended member, Fiji hae aur che pahile waala member hae jisme se chaar abhi nai hae.
Abhi ke member
[badlo | source ke badlo]Ii table ke sab jaankari Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat members list se aais hae aur jaada abaadi ke ginti 2007 estimates hae, unless otherwise noted.[1]
Country | Joined | Continent | Population | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 November 1981 | North America | 81,000 | |
Australia | 11 December 1931 | Oceania | 20,555,300 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[2] |
Bahamas | 10 July 1973 | North America | 323,000 | |
Bangladesh | 18 April 1972[3] | Asia | 148,384,000 | Pakistan se ajaadi 1971 me paais.[4] |
Barbados | 30 November 1966 | North America | 279,000 | |
Belize | 21 September 1981 | North America | 287,730 | |
Botswana | 30 September 1966 | Africa | 1,765,000 | |
Brunei | 1 January 1984 | Asia | 374,000 | |
Cameroon | 13 November 1995[5] | Africa | 16,322,000 | |
Canada | 11 December 1931 | North America | 32,654,500 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[6] |
Cyprus | 13 March 1961[7] | Europe / Asia | 818,200 | United Kingdom se ajaadi 18 August 1960 ke paais. |
Dominica | 3 November 1978 | North America | 79,000 | |
Gambia | 18 February 1965 | Africa | 1,517,000 | |
Ghana | 6 March 1957 | Africa | 22,113,000 | |
Grenada | 7 February 1974 | North America | 103,000 | |
Guyana | 26 May 1966 | South America | 751,000 | |
India | 15 August 1947 | Asia | 1,100,000,000 | |
Jamaica | 6 August 1962 | North America | 2,651,000 | |
Kenya | 12 December 1963 | Africa | 34,256,000 | |
Kiribati | 12 July 1979 | Oceania | 99,000 | |
Lesotho | 4 October 1966 | Africa | 1,795,000 | |
Malawi | 6 July 1964 | Africa | 12,884,000 | |
Malaysia | 16 September 1963 | Asia | 27,356,000 | Federation of Malaya ke 1957 me joinkaris; Malaysia ke naam se ii federation ke 1963 me form karaa gais rahaa Singapore (1965 me alag hoe gais), Sabah, aur Sarawak.[8] |
Maldives | 9 July 1982 | Asia | 329,000 | United Kingdom se ajaadi 26 July 1965 ke milaa.[9] Maldives was a special member from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985.[10] |
Malta | 21 September 1964 | Europe | 402,668 | |
Mauritius | 12 March 1968 | Africa | 1,245,000 | |
Mozambique | 13 November 1995[11] | Africa | 19,792,000 | |
Namibia | 21 March 1990 | Africa | 2,031,000 | |
Nauru | 1 November 1968 | Oceania | 14,000 | Nauru ek special memberhae. Ii des 1 November 1968 se 1 May 1999 talak special member rahaa, iske baad ii puura member ban gais,[12] January 2006 me fir se special member ban gais.[13] |
New Zealand | 11 December 1931 | Oceania | 4,147,972 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[14] |
Nigeria | 1 October 1960 | Africa | 132,796,000 | 1995 me suspend karaa gais aur , 1999 me fir se join karis.[15] |
Pakistan | 14 August 1947 | Asia | 158,352,000 | 1972 me Commonwealth chhorr diis, 1989 me fir se join karis; 1999 me suspend karaa gais, 2004 me fir se join karis; 2007 me fir se suspended karaa gais,[16] 2008 me fir se join bhaes.[17] |
Papua New Guinea | 16 September 1975 | Oceania | 5,887,000 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 September 1983 | North America | 43,000 | |
Saint Lucia | 22 February 1979 | North America | 161,000 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 October 1979 | North America | 119,000 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member rahaa from 27 October 1979 se 1 June 1985 talak. |
Samoa | 28 August 1970 | Oceania | 185,000 | |
Seychelles | 29 June 1976 | Africa | 81,000 | |
Sierra Leone | 27 April 1961 | Africa | 5,525,000 | |
Singapore | 15 October 1965 | Asia | 4,326,000 | First joined as part of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. |
Solomon Islands | 7 July 1978 | Oceania | 478,000 | |
South Africa | 11 December 1931 | Africa | 47,423,000 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa. Ii 31 May 1961 me Commonwealth chhorr diis lekin 1 June 1994 me fir se join kar liis.[18] |
Sri Lanka | 4 February 1948 | Asia | 20,743,000 | |
Swaziland | 6 September 1968 | Africa | 1,032,000 | |
Tanzania | 26 April 1964 | Africa | 38,329,000 | Tanganyika aur Zanzibar ke jorre se.[19] |
Tonga | 4 June 1970 | Oceania | 102,000 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 31 August 1962 | North America | 1,305,000 | |
Tuvalu | 1 October 1978 | Oceania | 12,000 | Tuvalu, Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member 1 October 1978 se 1 September 2000 talak rahaa.[20] |
Uganda | 9 October 1962 | Africa | 28,816,000 | |
United Kingdom | 11 December 1931 | Europe | 60,209,500 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa. |
Vanuatu | 30 July 1980 | Oceania | 211,000 | |
Zambia | 24 October 1964 | Africa | 11,668,000 |
Suspended members
[badlo | source ke badlo]Country | Joined | Continent | Population | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fiji | 10 October 1970 | Oceania | 848,000 | 1987 me Commonwealth chhorr ke 1997 me fir join karis; 6 June 2000 ke iske fir suspend karaa gais;[21] 20 December 2001 ke fir se join karis;[22] 8 December 2006 me coup ke kaaran fir se suspend karaa gais.[23] |
Pahile ke members
[badlo | source ke badlo]Country | Joined | Continent | Left | Notes |
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Irish Free State/Ireland | 11 December 1931 | Europe | 18 April 1949 | Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa, Statute of Westminster 1931se. 1949 ke ii Commonwealth ke chhorr diis.[4][24] |
Federation of Malaya | 31 August 1957 | Asia | 16 September 1963 | Entered into Malaysia on 16 September 1963.[4] |
Dominion of Newfoundland | 11 December 1931 | North America | 16 February 1934 | Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa., Canada ke 31 March 1949 me join kar liis.[24] |
Tanganyika | 9 December 1961 | Africa | 26 April 1964 | Zanzibar se jurr ke Tanzania obanaa, 26 April 1964 ke.[19] |
Zanzibar | 10 December 1963 | Africa | 26 April 1964 | Tanganyika se jurr ke Tanzania banaa, 26 April 1964 ke.[19] |
Zimbabwe | 1 October 1980 | Africa | 7 December 2003 | 19 March 2002 ke iske suspend kar dewa gais.[22] 7 December 2003 ke ii Commonwealth se withdraw hoe gais.[25] |
References
[badlo | source ke badlo]- ↑ "Members". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Australia". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ Kohen, Marcelo G. (2006). Secession. London: Cambridge University Press. p. p. 122. ISBN 9780521849289.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Wind of Change". Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ Pondi, Jean-Emmanuel (October 1997). "Cameroon and the Commonwealth of Nations". The Round Table 86 (344): pp. 563–570. 10.1080/00358539708454389.
- ↑ "Canada - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ McIntyre, W. David (January 2000). "Britain and the creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat". Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 28 (1): pp. 135–158. 10.1080/03086530008583082.
- ↑ "Malaysia - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Maldives - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "The Maldives and the Commonwealth". Republic of Maldives. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ↑ Ingram, Derek (April 1996). "Commonwealth Update". The Round Table 85 (338): pp. 153–165. 10.1080/00358539608454302.
- ↑ "Nauru Accedes to Full Membership of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Secretariat. 12 April 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ↑ "Nauru–History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "New Zealand- History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Nigeria". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Pakistan suspended from the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Secretariat. 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ↑ "Commonwealth lifts Pakistan suspension". Commonwealth Secretariat. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ↑ "South Africa". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Tanzania - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Tuvalu Accedes to Full Membership of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Secretariat. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ↑ Ingram, Derek (July 2000). "Commonwealth Update". The Round Table 89 (355): pp. 311–55. doi:10.1080/00358530050083406.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Ingram, Derek (April 2002). "Commonwealth Update". The Round Table 91 (364): pp. 131–59. doi:10.1080/00358530220144148.
- ↑ Ingram, Derek (February 2007). "Commonwealth Update". The Round Table 96 (388): pp. 2–28. doi:10.1080/00358530701189734.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Dominion Status". Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Editorial: CHOGM 2003, Abuja, Nigeria". The Round Table 93 (373): pp. 3–6. January 2004. doi:10.1080/0035853042000188139.