The Commonwealth of Nations
Contents
◼General facts
◼History
◼The Commonwealth of Nations
◼Member states
◼Interests
General facts
◼Official language
English
◼Head of the
Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II.
◼Number of member
states
53
◼Date of establishment
1949
History
◼1867 –Canada was transformed into
selfgoverning Dominion
=> Lord Rosebury „The Commonwealth of
Nations“
◼After that other parts of the empire became
Dominions too
◼1926 –the Imperial Conference
=> the British Commonwealth of Nations
History
◼1931 –Statute of Westminster
◼After the Second World War empire began
changing
1947 -India gained independence
