Editing Timeline of Fijian history (section)

== 1875 to 1970==
{{Main|Colonial Fiji}}

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|1875||An outbreak of [[measles]] leaves a third of the Fijian population dead.
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|1876||[[Great Council of Chiefs]] established.
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|1879|| Arrival of 463 indentured labourers from India – the first of some 61,000 to come over the ensuing 37 years. The British Army had awarded Jhinu Singh the Western Side Crown Land To farm where the markings of the Military Bunker sitting in front of the entrance driveway to his home and also the water reservoir on the other side of Queens Road
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|1881||First large [[sugar]] mill built at [[Nausori]]. <br /> [[Rotuma|Rotuma Island]] annexed to Fiji.
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|1882||Capital moved from Levuka to Suva.
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|1897|| Arrival in Suva of Hannah Dudley, first European Christian missionary among the Indians. She works among both the indentured and "free" Indians encouraging education and welfare programs.
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|1904||[[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]] reconstituted as a partially elected body, with European male settlers enfranchised and Fijian chiefs given an indirect input.  Most seats still filled by nomination rather than election.
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|1916||End of the importing of indentured labourers from India, this decision brought about by agitation within India and the visit to Fiji by Anglican clergyman Rev. Charles Freer Andrews, close confidant of Mahatma Gandhi. <br /> First Indian appointed to Legislative Council.
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|1917||Count [[Felix von Luckner]] arrested on [[Wakaya Island]].
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|1918||14% of the population killed by the [[Spanish flu]] pandemic (within sixteen days).[http://www.nap.edu/books/0309095042/html/61.html]
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|1928||First flight from Hawaii lands at Suva.
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|1929||Wealthy Indians enfranchised for the first time; Indian representation in the Legislative Council made elective.
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|1935||Establishment in Ra Province on Viti Levu of the Toko Farmers movement led by Ratu Nacanieli Rawaidranu and influenced by the Methodist missionary Arthur Lelean. Lelean encourages the farmers to be independent in their commercial operations and also to initiate moves for the formation of an independent Methodist Church.
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|1939||[[Nadi]] Airport built as an Allied air base.
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|1940||[[Native Land Trust Board]] established under the chairmanship of [[Lala Sukuna|Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna]].
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|1951||Founding of Fiji Airways (after which it was renamed to Air Pacific; it was then renamed to Fiji Airways on June the 27th, 2013).
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|1953||Visit of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]. <br /> Legislative Council expanded – but elective seats still a minority. <br /> [[1953 Suva earthquake|Suva earthquake]]
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|1954||Ratu Sukuna appointed first [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the Legislative Council.
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|1963||Indigenous Fijians enfranchised. <br /> Indigenous representation in the Legislative Council made elective, except for two members chosen by the Great Council of Chiefs. <br /> Women enfranchised.
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|1964||[[Member System (Fiji)|Member System]] introduced, with Legislative Council members appointed to oversee government departments.  This was the first step towards the establishment of a [[Cabinet (politics)|Cabinet]] system.
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|1965||Constitutional conference in London fails to agree on a timetable for a transition to internal self-government, but subsequent negotiations lead to compromises.
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|1967||[[Responsible government]] instituted; [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Kamisese Mara]] appointed first [[Chief Minister of Fiji|Chief Minister]].
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|1968||[[University of the South Pacific]] established. 
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|1970||April – Constitutional conference in London; Mara and [[Sidiq Koya]] agree on a compromise constitutional formula. <br /> 10 October – Fiji attains independence, ending 96 years of British rule.
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