British India – British East Africa relations

Main articles: United Pakistan – Commonwealth Realm of Kenya (1964) relations, United Pakistan – Republic of Uganda (1965–1971) relations, and Republic of India – Commonwealth Realm of Uganda (1962–1963) relations

Kenya Colony—British India relations

British Kenya	British India

'Specifically, that Great Britain had colonised these territories in order to control the sources of the Nile so as to maintain its hold over Egypt, and by extension, the route to Britain's jewel in its imperial crown, British India. Relations between British India and Uganda began with the arrival of over 30,000 British Indians in Uganda in the 19th century who were brought there to construct the Mombasa–Kampala railway line. Ugandan Independence activists were inspired in their struggle for Ugandan independence by the success of the Indian Independence movement and were also supported in their struggle by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

British India and Buganda

Protectorate of Uganda—British India relations

Uganda Protectorate	British India

From 1900, there was a 70-year period of relatively peaceful relations between the colonial government and “native” Ugandans, until 1976 when Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Uganda during Idi Amin's rule. The British rulers forced Ugandans to convert religion and to give them their labor. In 1904 they forced native Ugandans to harvest raw cotton which was going to be sold for British profit. The presence of Indians in Uganda was the result of deliberate choices by the British administration that ruled Uganda from 1894 to 1962. They were brought to the Uganda Protectorate by the British to "serve as a buffer between Europeans and Africans in the middle rungs of commerce and administration".

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