Summary
The Suvadive secession began in the southernmost atoll of Addu in 1959, but the idea of independence was spread to the communities of Fua'mulah and Huvadhu and resulted in their joining the fledgling nation. The situation ended in 1963 with the Suvadive Islands' government being completely dismantled and the exile of its leader Abdullah Afeef, who was granted asylum in the Seychelles. The atolls participating in the secession were duly restored as a region of the Maldive Islands.
The controversy around the Suvadive endures and remains a sensitive issue among Maldivians. Ill feelings towards the British persisted for some, as, on the one hand, the British administration gave hopes to the trusting Suvadive islanders, legitimally afflicted by centralism and neglect. On the other hand, the same British administration made a separate agreement with the government of the Maldive Islands.
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