Protectorate
A protectorate is a state that is protected by another, larger and stronger country based on an agreement between the protectorate and the protecting country. These were very common in the 19th century, especially in Africa and South Asia, when European countries would give protection to small states or places there. Often they also made an international trade agreement which restricted the trade of other foreign states.
The British Empire had many protectorates around the world. The first was The Protectorate of the Commonwealth of England in the 1660s, Bahrain was also a British protectorate until it gained independence. Later, Kuwait was a British protectorate from 1899 to 1961 and is now independent. Sikkim was a protectorate of India until 1975 and now is a state of India. Bhutan is also a protected state of India.
Protectorate Media
Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands, in use from (1815 to 1864)
Flag and government ensign of Cyprus (1881–1922).
Flag of the Maldives from 1953 to 1965
1960 stamp of Bechuanaland Protectorate with the portraits of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II
Flag of British Central Africa Protectorate
Flag of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate between 1889 and 18 February 1965.
Flag and government ensign of the Uganda Protectorate (1914-1962).
The flag of the British East Africa colony from 1895 to 1921.
Flag of Sierra Leone 1916-1961
Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate from 1 January 1900 to 1 January 1914.
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