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MRB-2026-006821
Last British colony in the Eastern Caribbean to gain independence
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Saint Kitts and Nevis became independent from the United Kingdom on 19 September 1983, making it the last of Britain's Eastern Caribbean colonies to achieve independence. Kennedy Simmonds served as its first Prime Minister.
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