Question

why Britisher made maldives a protectorate?​

Answer 1

On 16 December 1887, the Sultan of the Maldives signed a contract with the British Governor of Ceylon turning the Maldives into a British protected state, thus giving up the islands' sovereignty in matters of foreign policy, but retaining internal self-government.

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Answer 2

Answer:

the Maldives became a British protectorate with the corporation of the aithreege family, which had ties to the British. the formal acceptance of protectorate status followed the state's bankruptcy and politically motivated arson campaigns in malè.