WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sudan formally attained its independence from Britain and Egypt on January 1, 1956.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pre-Crisis Phase (January 1, 1956-November 16, 1958): The Republic of the Sudan formally attained its independence from the United Kingdom and Egypt on January 1, 1956. Ismail al-Azhari, leader of the National Unionist Party (NUP), formed a government as prime minister on January 1, 1956.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sudan gained independence from Britain on January 1, 1956, after a military coup in Egypt forced the British government to grant Sudan independence. Beginning in 1899, Sudan had been officially governed as a condominium jointly ruled by both the U.K. and Egypt, as a territory known as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1882, at Tewfik’s invitation, the British bombarded Alexandria, Egypt’s and Sudan’s primary seaport, and subsequently invaded the country. British forces overthrew the Orabi government in Cairo, and proceeded to occupy the rest of Egypt and Sudan in 1882.

Detailed explanation-5: -British Motives for Conquest of the Sudan This access to the Nile and its trade markets allowed for the British to gain significant amounts of profit from the sale and trading of British manufactured goods including textiles, alcohol, and guns along with establishing new trading relationships with the growing cities.