When did Mauritius become a republic?

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Mauritius became a republic on March 12, 1992.12

Following its independence from Britain in 1968, the country initially operated as a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch as the head of state. In 1991, the Mauritian legislature passed a constitutional amendment to transition to a republican form of government, which officially took effect the following year, establishing the office of the president as the head of state.12