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In page History of the Maldives:

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However in 1957, the new prime minister, Ibrahim Nasir, called for a review of the agreement in the interest of shortening the lease and increasing the annual payment,[2] and announced a new tax on boats.[citation needed] But Nasir was challenged in 1959 by a local secessionist movement in the southern atolls that benefited economically from the British presence on Gan.[2] This group cut ties with the Maldives government and formed an independent state, the United Suvadive Republic, with Abdullah Afeef as president.[2] The short-lived state (1959–63) had a combined population of 20,000 inhabitants scattered over Huvadu, Addu and Fua Mulaku.[2] Afeef pleaded for support and recognition from Britain in the edition of 25 May 1959 of The Times of London.[4]