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    The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political...
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    The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat...
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    began to use the term West Indies to distinguish this region from both the original "Indies" (i.e. India) and the East Indies of South Asia and Southeast...
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    The flag of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. It bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes with a large orange-gold circle...
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  • British colonies that would later form the West Indies Federation plus British Guiana. The last series the West Indies played before the outbreak of the Second...
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  • Caribbean federation "West Indies", a 2021 song by Koffee East Indies (disambiguation) Indies (disambiguation) West Indian, an inhabitant of the West Indies Dutch...
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  • as a citizen of any West Indies nation. Some West Indian people reserve this term for citizens or natives of the British West Indies only, to the exclusion...
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  • Board (BCCB). It was the official currency used by the West Indies Federation. The British West Indies dollar was never used in British Honduras, the Cayman...
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    the West Indies Federation was the head of government of the short lived West Indies Federation (also known as the British Caribbean Federation), which...
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    The term British West Indies refers to the former English and British colonies and the present-day overseas territories of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean...
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    The coat of arms of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. The background of the shield bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes...
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    West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies...
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    British Virgin Islands, and the remaining islands became parts of the West Indies Federation. The Leeward Islands was established as an English colony in 1671...
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    LOO-shə; Saint Lucian Creole French: Sent Lisi) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao...
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  • nine other British colonies in the Caribbean territories in a Federation of the West Indies but called a referendum on the issue in 1961. Voters chose to...
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  • The West Indies Federal Labour Party (WIFLP) or Federalists was one of two main Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being...
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    of the West Indies Federation was a post in the government of the West Indies. The federation, also known as the British Caribbean Federation, consisted...
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    Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT), renamed to British West Indies (BWI) by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
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  • The West Indies Democratic Labour Party (DLP) or Democrats was one of two Federal parties in the short-lived West Indies Federation, the other being the...
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  • Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean...
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    Federation of the West Indies was held in Jamaica on 19 September 1961. Voters were asked "Should Jamaica remain in the Federation of the West Indies...
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    /bɑːrˈbeɪdəs/ bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America, and is the most easterly of...
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    and Eritrea (1952–1962) Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) West Indies Federation (1958–1962) Mali Federation (1959–1960) Republic of the...
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    the West Indies Federation again broached an idea of political association with Canada. One proposal from the Caribbean heads was for the West Indies Federation...
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    1958 a new regiment was created following the creation of the Federation of the West Indies with the establishment of three battalions, however, the regiment's...
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    political, linkage between the former British West Indies English-speaking countries after the West Indies Federation failed. On 1 August 1973, the country became...
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    Commonwealth Caribbean (category British West Indies)
    there was a short-lived federation between several English-speaking Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation, which consisted of all the...
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    the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in...
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  • (1671–1816; 1833–1958) (part of the British Leeward Islands) Part of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962) Colony of Antigua (1962–1981) (Associated State since...
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    the party was a member of the West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation. The PNP was founded in 1938 by...
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