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- Tanzania Chronology
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- The mainland became the German colony of Tanganyika in 1884. The Sultanate of Zanzibar became a British protectorate in 1890.
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- * 1918 Tanganyika British mandate.
- * 1961 Tanganyika independent.
- * 1962 Nyerere becomes president.
- * 1963 Zanzibar independent.
- * 1964 Zanzibar signs union with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
- * 1977 One-party state. Mainland and Zanzibari parties form CCM.
- * 1985 Nyerere resigns as president. President Mwinyi, former vice- president, begins relaxation of Nyerere's socialist policies.
- * 1990 Nyerere resigns from CCM chair. Mwinyi becomes new chairman.
- * 1992 Political parties allowed.