Mauritius, a Republic in the Making

Abstract

This review paper examines the stepping of Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, to a republic status in 1992.  This year, the country celebrates its Silver Jubilee accession to the republic status while there apparently looks to be minimal concern of this event.  In 2018, the 50^th celebration of Mauritius acceding to independence is rather a more fore sought concept. The author firstly explains the reasons behind upstaging Mauritius to a republic status, certain notable changes identified during the process.  At the review level, the researcher questions the low affiliation of the Mauritian population to the notion of the republic despite that this should have been a unifying factor for a country that claims to be a rainbow nation existing through its highly claimed concept of unity through diversity.