SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Leopold’s reign over the Congo Free State, however, has become infamous for its brutality. The people of the Congo were forced to labor for valued resources, including rubber and ivory, to personally enrich Leopold. Estimates vary, but about half the Congolese population died from punishment and malnutrition.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 1908, public pressure and diplomatic manoeuvres led to the end of Leopold II’s absolutist rule; the Belgian Parliament annexed the Congo Free State as a colony of Belgium.