the republic of ireland left the commonwealth on 6 december 1922.
when did the republic of ireland leave the commonwealth?
6 december 1922
on 18 april 1949, ireland formally became a republic in accordance with the irish republic of ireland act 1948. because it did this, it was automatically excluded from the commonwealth. while ireland had not actively participated in the commonwealth since the early 1930s and was content to leave the commonwealth, other dominions wished to become republics without losing commonwealth ties. the issue came to a head in april 1949 at a commonwealth prime ministers' meeting in london. under the london declaration, india agreed that, when it became a republic in january 1950, it would accept the british sovereign as a "symbol of the free association of its independent member nations and as such the head of the commonwealth". upon hearing this, king george vi told the indian politician krishna menon: "so, i've become 'as such'". the other commonwealth countries recognised india's continuing membership of the association. at pakistan's insistence, india was not regarded as an exceptional case and it was assumed that other states would be accorded the same treatment as india.
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the shuibuya dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the qingjiang river in badong county, enshi, hubei province, china. the purpose of the dam is mainly hydroelectricity but it also promotes flood control, navigation, tourism and fishery. at tall and containing of material, it is the tallest concrete face rock-fill dam in the world.





























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