Sentence examples for from its independence until from inspiring English sources

Félix Houphouët-Boigny, whose velvet-gloved iron fist ruled over Ivory Coast from its independence until his death three decades later, built a basilica larger than Saint Peter's in Rome amid the dense jungle of his hometown as a tribute to his pious mother.

This peacefulness is largely the legacy of Ahmed Sékou Touré, the dictator who ruled Guinea from its independence from France in 1958 until his death in 1984.

He was acclaimed as a man of modest origins who had taken power out of disgust at the corruption of the last years of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president, who ruled from its independence from the Netherlands in 1949 until 1967.

He was acclaimed as a man of modest origins who had been impelled to take power out of disgust for the corruption of the last years of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president from its independence from the Netherlands in 1949 until 1967.

The Yucatán seceded from Mexico in 1839 and kept its independence until 1843.

The town became a free imperial city between 1190 and 1218 but fell under Habsburg domination from 1330, until it bought its independence in 1415.

Despite various challenges, Scotland is generally regarded to have asserted its independence from about 843, until the official unification with England took place in 1707.

Bahrain has been a port of call on sea routes between Mesopotamia and India for over 20,000 years, and had flown the flags of a dozen nations until its independence from Britain in 1971.

From the 19th Century until Morocco won its independence from France in 1956, the local Glaoui clan ruled the High Atlas from this foothill stronghold, often ruthlessly.

The international community has historically taken little interest in Mauritania since its independence from France in 1960, because until recently it was seen as a poor expanse of desert with little strategic value (it has one of the lowest GDPs in Africa, making it among the poorest countries in the world).

Chile declared its independence from Spain in 1810, but it was not until 1818 that it achieved full independence.