Kenya: Mau Mau Uprising and Transition to Independence (1952–1963)

1. State of emergency declared in Kenya

   Oct 20, 1952Labels: Evelyn Baring, Kenya Emergency

   • Britannica
   • Britannica
   • Presidential Library

2. Operation Jock Scott arrests key nationalists

   Oct 21, 1952Labels: Operation Jock, Jomo Kenyatta

   • Britannica
   • KAU wiki
   • Presidential Library

3. Lari massacre intensifies cycles of violence

   Mar 26, 1953Labels: Lari massacre, Home Guard

   • Nat Archives
   • Lari wiki

4. Kenyatta convicted in Kapenguria trial

   Apr 8, 1953Labels: Kapenguria trial, Jomo Kenyatta

   • HISTORY
   • Presidential Library

5. Kenya African Union banned by colonial government

   Jun 8, 1953Labels: Kenya African, colonial government

   • KAU wiki

6. Operation Anvil sweeps Nairobi for suspects

   Apr 24, 1954Labels: Operation Anvil, Nairobi

   • Anvil wiki
   • Nat Army Museum

7. Dedan Kimathi captured in Nyeri forest

   Oct 21, 1956Labels: Dedan Kimathi, Nyeri forest

   • Nat Archives
   • Kimathi Capture

8. State of emergency formally ends

   Jan 12, 1960Labels: State of, security laws

   • Cambridge Core
   • January 1960

9. First Lancaster House Conference convenes

   Jan 18, 1960Labels: Lancaster House, British government

   • Lancaster wiki
   • Cambridge Core

10. KANU formed as mass nationalist party

    May 14, 1960Labels: KANU, nationalist party

    • KAU wiki
    • KANU wiki

11. Kenyatta formally released from restriction

    Aug 21, 1961Labels: Jomo Kenyatta, political release

    • HISTORY
    • Kenyatta wiki

12. Second Lancaster House Conference begins

    Feb 1, 1962Labels: Second Lancaster, constitutional conference

    • Lancaster wiki

13. KANU wins final pre-independence general election

    May 18, 1963Labels: KANU victory, general election

    • 1963 Election
    • HISTORY

14. Internal self-government begins (Madaraka Day)

    Jun 1, 1963Labels: Madaraka Day, internal self-government

    • Madaraka wiki
    • HISTORY

15. Kenya becomes independent from Britain

    Dec 12, 1963Labels: Kenya independence, Commonwealth

    • Britannica
    • HISTORY