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Discuss the circumstances leading to the French exit from Algeria in 1962.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Liberation from Colonial Rule

Algeria's independence in 1962 ended 132 years of French rule and one of the most brutal wars of the decolonisation era.

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  • The Colonial Background: A Settler Society Unlike Other Colonies
  • The Sétif Massacre and the Radicalisation of Nationalism
  • Outbreak and Course of the War (1954-58)
  • The Political Crisis in France and De Gaulle's Return
  • The Évian Accords and Independence

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