Commonwealth, uu sab des ke naam hae jon ki pahile British Empire me rahaa. Pahile iske naam British Commonwealth of Nations rahaa, jiske 1926 me suruu karaa gais rahaa. Abhi isme 53 member des hae jisme se Mozambique ke chhorr ke aur sab British Empire me pahile rahaa. Tiin member Europe ke hae, ek hae South America me, 18 Africa me, 8 Asia me aur 11 Oceania me . Ek suspended member, Fiji hae aur che pahile waala member hae jisme se chaar abhi nai hae.
[badlo] Abhi ke member
Ii table ke sab jaankari Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat members list se aais hae aur jaada abaadi ke ginti 2007 estimates hae, unless otherwise noted.[1]
| Country |
Joined |
Continent |
Population |
Notes |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1981-11-011 November 1981 |
North America |
81,000 |
|
| Australia |
1931-12-1111 December 1931 |
Oceania |
20,555,300 |
Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[2] |
| Bahamas |
1973-07-1010 July 1973 |
North America |
323,000 |
|
| Bangladesh |
1972-04-1818 April 1972[3] |
Asia |
148,384,000 |
Pakistan se ajaadi 1971 me paais.[4] |
| Barbados |
1966-11-3030 November 1966 |
North America |
279,000 |
|
| Belize |
1981-09-2121 September 1981 |
North America |
287,730 |
|
| Botswana |
1966-09-3030 September 1966 |
Africa |
1,765,000 |
|
| Brunei |
1984-01-011 January 1984 |
Asia |
374,000 |
|
| Cameroon |
1995-11-1313 November 1995[5] |
Africa |
16,322,000 |
|
| Canada |
1931-12-1111 December 1931 |
North America |
32,654,500 |
Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[6] |
| Cyprus |
1961-03-1313 March 1961[7] |
Europe / Asia |
818,200 |
United Kingdom se ajaadi 18 August 1960 ke paais. |
| Dominica |
1978-11-033 November 1978 |
North America |
79,000 |
|
| Gambia |
1965-02-1818 February 1965 |
Africa |
1,517,000 |
|
| Ghana |
1957-03-066 March 1957 |
Africa |
22,113,000 |
|
| Grenada |
1974-02-077 February 1974 |
North America |
103,000 |
|
| Guyana |
1966-05-2626 May 1966 |
South America |
751,000 |
|
| India |
1947-08-1515 August 1947 |
Asia |
1,100,000,000 |
|
| Jamaica |
1962-08-066 August 1962 |
North America |
2,651,000 |
|
| Kenya |
1963-12-1212 December 1963 |
Africa |
34,256,000 |
|
| Kiribati |
1979-07-1212 July 1979 |
Oceania |
99,000 |
|
| Lesotho |
1966-10-044 October 1966 |
Africa |
1,795,000 |
|
| Malawi |
1964-07-066 July 1964 |
Africa |
12,884,000 |
|
| Malaysia |
1963-09-1616 September 1963 |
Asia |
27,356,000 |
Federation of Malaya ke 1957 me joinkaris; Malaysia ke naam se ii federation ke 1963 me form karaa gais rahaa Singapore (1965 me alag hoe gais), Sabah, aur Sarawak.[8] |
| Maldives |
1982-07-099 July 1982 |
Asia |
329,000 |
United Kingdom se ajaadi 26 July 1965 ke milaa.[9] Maldives was a special member from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985.[10] |
| Malta |
1964-09-2121 September 1964 |
Europe |
402,668 |
|
| Mauritius |
1968-03-1212 March 1968 |
Africa |
1,245,000 |
|
| Mozambique |
1995-11-1313 November 1995[11] |
Africa |
19,792,000 |
|
| Namibia |
1990-03-2121 March 1990 |
Africa |
2,031,000 |
|
| Nauru |
1968-11-01†1 November 1968 |
Oceania |
14,000 |
Nauru ek special memberhae. Ii des 1 November 1968 se 1 May 1999 talak special member rahaa, iske baad ii puura member ban gais,[12] January 2006 me fir se special member ban gais.[13] |
| New Zealand |
1931-12-1111 December 1931 |
Oceania |
4,147,972 |
Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[14] |
| Nigeria |
1960-10-011 October 1960 |
Africa |
132,796,000 |
1995 me suspend karaa gais aur , 1999 me fir se join karis.[15] |
| Pakistan |
1947-08-1414 August 1947 |
Asia |
158,352,000 |
1972 me Commonwealth chhorr diis, 1989 me fir se join karis; 1999 me suspend karaa gais, 2004 me fir se join karis; 2007 me fir se suspended karaa gais,[16] 2008 me fir se join bhaes.[17] |
| Papua New Guinea |
1975-09-1616 September 1975 |
Oceania |
5,887,000 |
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1983-09-1919 September 1983 |
North America |
43,000 |
|
| Saint Lucia |
1979-02-2222 February 1979 |
North America |
161,000 |
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1979-10-2727 October 1979 |
North America |
119,000 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member rahaa from 27 October 1979 se 1 June 1985 talak. |
| Samoa |
1970-08-2828 August 1970 |
Oceania |
185,000 |
|
| Seychelles |
1976-06-2929 June 1976 |
Africa |
81,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
1961-04-2727 April 1961 |
Africa |
5,525,000 |
|
| Singapore |
1965-10-15†15 October 1965 |
Asia |
4,326,000 |
First joined as part of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. |
| Solomon Islands |
1978-07-077 July 1978 |
Oceania |
478,000 |
|
| South Africa |
1931-12-1111 December 1931 |
Africa |
47,423,000 |
Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa. Ii 31 May 1961 me Commonwealth chhorr diis lekin 1 June 1994 me fir se join kar liis.[18] |
| Sri Lanka |
1948-02-044 February 1948 |
Asia |
20,743,000 |
| Swaziland |
1968-09-066 September 1968 |
Africa |
1,032,000 |
|
| Tanzania |
1964-04-2626 April 1964 |
Africa |
38,329,000 |
Tanganyika aur Zanzibar ke jorre se.[19] |
| Tonga |
1970-06-044 June 1970 |
Oceania |
102,000 |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1962-08-3131 August 1962 |
North America |
1,305,000 |
|
| Tuvalu |
1978-10-011 October 1978 |
Oceania |
12,000 |
Tuvalu, Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member 1 October 1978 se 1 September 2000 talak rahaa.[20] |
| Uganda |
1962-10-099 October 1962 |
Africa |
28,816,000 |
|
| United Kingdom |
1931-12-1111 December 1931 |
Europe |
60,209,500 |
Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa. |
| Vanuatu |
1980-07-3030 July 1980 |
Oceania |
211,000 |
|
| Zambia |
1964-10-2424 October 1964 |
Africa |
11,668,000 |
|
[badlo] Suspended members
[badlo] Pahile ke members
[badlo] References
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- ↑ "Australia". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ Kohen, Marcelo G. (2006). Secession. London: Cambridge University Press. p. p. 122. ISBN 9780521849289.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Wind of Change". Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ Pondi, Jean-Emmanuel (October 1997). "Cameroon and the Commonwealth of Nations ([[:Cameroon and the Commonwealth of Nations|]])". The Round Table 86 (344): pp. 563–570. 10.1080/00358539708454389.
- ↑ "Canada - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ McIntyre, W. David (January 2000). "Britain and the creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat ([[:Britain and the creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat|]])". Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 28 (1): pp. 135–158. 10.1080/03086530008583082.
- ↑ "Malaysia - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Maldives - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "The Maldives and the Commonwealth". Republic of Maldives. Retrieved on 30 January 2009.
- ↑ Ingram, Derek (April 1996). "Commonwealth Update ([[:Commonwealth Update|]])". The Round Table 85 (338): pp. 153–165. 10.1080/00358539608454302.
- ↑ "Nauru Accedes to Full Membership of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Secretariat (12 April 1999). Retrieved on 30 January 2009.
- ↑ "Nauru–History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "New Zealand- History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Nigeria". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Pakistan suspended from the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Secretariat (2007-11-22). Retrieved on 2008-06-15.
- ↑ "Commonwealth lifts Pakistan suspension". Commonwealth Secretariat (2008-05-12). Retrieved on 2008-06-15.
- ↑ "South Africa". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Tanzania - History". Commonwealth Secretariat. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
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- ↑ Ingram, Derek (July 2000). "Commonwealth Update ([[:Commonwealth Update|]])". The Round Table 89 (355): pp. 311–55. doi:10.1080/00358530050083406.
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