<Tr> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> </Tr> <P> Northern Rhodesia was a protectorate in south central Africa, formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland - North - Western Rhodesia and North - Eastern Rhodesia . It was initially administered, as were the two earlier protectorates, by the British South Africa Company, (BSAC), a chartered company on behalf of the British government . From 1924 it was administered by the British government as a protectorate under similar conditions to other British - administered protectorates, and the special provisions required when it was administered by BSAC were terminated . </P> <P> Although under the BSAC charter it had features of a charter colony, the BSAC's treaties with local rulers and British legislation gave it the status of a protectorate . The territory attracted a relatively small number of European settlers, but from the time these first secured political representation, they agitated for white minority rule, either as a separate entity or associated with Southern Rhodesia and possibly Nyasaland . The mineral wealth of Northern Rhodesia made full amalgamation attractive to Southern Rhodesian politicians, but the British government preferred a looser association to include Nyasaland . This was intended to protect Africans in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland from discriminatory Southern Rhodesian laws . The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland formed in 1953 was intensely unpopular among the African majority and its formation hastened calls for majority rule . As a result of this pressure, the country became independent in 1964 as Zambia . </P>

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