बेनि उनाव बे हादरखौ बृटिस गुयेनानि फामु होना फोसावनाय जादोंमोन जायखौ उदांस्रि मोनैसिम , 1996 माइथायसिम गावसोरनि सिङाव लाखिदोंमोन ।
The territory was then declared the colony of British Guiana a status which it retained until independence in 1996 .