 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vafambisi vengarava vokuArabia ndivo vakatanga kuwana chitsuwa ichi chakanga chisina vanhu, munenge muna 975, uye vakachitumidza kuti Dina Arobi. Kuwanikwa kwokutanga kwakasimbiswa kwakanga kuri muna 1507 navafambisi vengarava vechiPutukezi, avo kunze kwezvo vakanga vasingafariri zviwi. VaDutch vakatora nzvimbo yacho muna 1598, vachivaka misha yechinguvana yakatevedzana kwemakore anenge 120, vasati varega kuedza kwavo muna 1710. France yakatora masimba muna 1715, ichitumidzazve zita rokuti Isle de France. Muna 1810, chitsuwa chacho chakatorwaneGreat Britain, uye makore mana gare gare France yakapa Mauritius nenharaunda dzayo kuBritain. Senzvimbo yeBritain, Mauritius yaibatanidza Rodrigues, Agaléga, St. Brandon, Tromelin, Chagos Archipelago, uye, kutozosvikira muna 1906, Seychelles. Hurumende pamusoro peTromelin inopokana pakati peMauritius neFrance, sezvo isina kutaurwa zvakananga muChibvumirano cheParis. Mauritius yakaramba iri nyika yeUnited Kingdom yainyanya kurima zvirimwa kusvikira yawana kuzvitonga muna 1968. 