Uhuru Stadium (formerly known as the Tanzania National Stadium ) ( Uwanja wa Uhuru in Swahili ) is adjacent to the National Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .
6-424: Tanganyika 's independence ceremony was celebrated at this stadium on 9 December 1961. The independence anniversary has been celebrated at the stadium each year since then. It also has been the venue for the inaugural address of all past presidents. The funeral service of Julius Nyerere , Tanzania's first president, was held at the stadium on 21 October 1999. Shortly after his death in office, president John Magufuli
12-537: A United Nations Trust Territory after World War II . The next largest share of German East Africa was taken into Belgian trusteeship, eventually becoming present-day Burundi and Rwanda . The Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 ( 10 & 11 Eliz. 2 . c. 1) transformed the United Nations trust territory into the independent sovereign state of Tanganyika, with Elizabeth II as Queen of Tanganyika . The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly exercised by
18-726: The Governor-General of Tanganyika . Tanganyika adopted a new constitution in 1962 that abolished the monarchy, and the National Assembly (the majority of whom were members of the Tanganyika African National Union Party ) thoroughly revised the new constitution to favour a strong executive branch of government, namely a president. Tanganyika then became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations , with Julius Nyerere as
24-729: The People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on Union Day , 26 April 1964. The new state changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania within a year. Tanganyika originally consisted of the Tanganyika Territory —the British share of German East Africa —which the British took under a League of Nations mandate in 1922, and which was later transformed into
30-648: Was a sovereign state , comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania , that existed from 1961 until 1964. It first gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9 December 1961 as a Commonwealth realm headed by Queen Elizabeth II before becoming a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations a year later. After signing the Articles of Union on 22 April 1964 and passing an Act of Union on 25 April, Tanganyika officially joined with
36-399: Was laid-in-state at the stadium on 20 March 2021. Forty-five people were killed in a stampede at the stadium on March 21, 2021 . This article about a Tanzanian sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tanganyika (1961%E2%80%931964) Tanganyika ( / ˌ t æ ŋ ɡ ə n ˈ j iː k ə , - ɡ æ n -/ TANG -gən- YEE -kə, -gan- )
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