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Deed of Cession (Fiji)
The Deed of Cession was the instrument by which Ratu Seru Cakobau and other Fijian chiefs ceded Fiji to Queen Victoria on 10 October 1874, making the islands a British colony. Signed at Levuka, it followed the collapse of Cakobau's settler-dominated government under debt. Fiji Day on 10 October marks both the cession and independence in 1970.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Deed of Cession (Fiji). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/deed-of-cession-fiji
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