<P> Southern Rhodesia was a self - governing colony, having received responsible government in 1923 . It was not a sovereign dominion . It governed itself internally and controlled its own armed forces, but had no diplomatic autonomy, and, therefore, was officially at war as soon as Britain was at war . The Southern Rhodesian colonial government issued a symbolic declaration of war nevertheless on 3 September 1939, which made no difference diplomatically, but preceded the declarations of war made by all other British dominions and colonies . </P> <P> These included: the British West Indies, British Honduras, British Guiana and the Falkland Islands . Newfoundland was ruled as a royal colony in 1933--49, with a governor appointed by London who made the decisions . </P> <P> British India included the areas and peoples covered by later India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and (until 1937) Burma / Myanmar, which later became a separate colony . </P> <P> British Malaya covers the areas of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, while British Borneo covers the area of Brunei, including Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia . </P>

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