Timeline Monday 20 October 1952

Events on Monday 20 October 1952 1

• 1952 Mau Mau Uprising Britain declares a state of emergency in Kenya Colonial authorities declared a state of emergency in Kenya on 20 October 1952 in response to the Mau Mau rebellion against British rule. The uprising, driven largely by Kikuyu grievances over land, triggered years of guerrilla warfare and mass detention. It became one of the most violent decolonization conflicts in the British Empire.