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Events on Saturday 29 March 1947 1
1947Malagasy Uprising beginsNationalist revolt against French rule in MadagascarAn armed nationalist revolt broke out in eastern Madagascar on the night of 29 March 1947. French forces put it down harshly over the following year and a half. Tens of thousands of Malagasy people died from the fighting, famine and disease.