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Events on Tuesday 9 October 1962 1
1962Uganda gains independenceEnd of British colonial rule in East AfricaUganda became independent from Britain on October 9, 1962, with Milton Obote as prime minister and Mutesa II of Buganda as head of state. The country joined the wave of African nations gaining independence in the early 1960s. Uganda would become a republic the following year.