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Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

Timeline of Events

1879

5.14.1879

The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrives in Fiji aboard the ship .

1970

10.10.1970

Fiji becomes independent.

10.13.1970

Fiji joins the United Nations.

1987

10.6.1987

Fiji becomes a republic.

2001

3.23.2001

The Russian ''Mir'' space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

2006

12.5.2006

Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.