Upon Jamaica's independence in 1962, the Cayman Islands broke its administrative links with Jamaica and opted to become a direct dependency of the British Crown, with the chief official of the islands being the Administrator.

Upon independence from the British rule, the Indian Constitution listed 1, 108 castes across the country as Scheduled Castes in 1950, for affirmative action.

Upon his release, Allen returned to the Grants, which had declared independence in 1777, and resumed political activity in the territory.

Upon independence in 1958, France cut all ties and immediately began to repatriate Guinean soldiers serving in the French Army.

Upon its collapse, and with the restoration of Charles II, Scottish independence returned.

Upon hearing of the Hungarian mobilization, Tiso was presented with the choice of either declaring independence with the understanding that the new state would be in the German sphere of influence, or seeing all of Slovakia absorbed into Hungary.

Upon independence, it was widely expected that Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto, the undisputed strong man in Nigeria who controlled the North, would become Prime Minister of the new Federation Government.

Upon gaining independence, Nigeria quickly committed itself to the liberation struggles going on in the Southern Africa sub-region.

Upon achieving independence, Slovenia offered citizenship to all residents, regardless of ethnicity or origin, avoiding a sectarian trap that has caught out many central European countries.

Upon independence in 1975, this force was turned into the Surinaamse Krijgsmacht ( SKM ):, Surinamese Armed Forces.

Upon learning of his assumption of the regency, his younger brothers, Shuja, Viceroy of Bengal, and Murad Baksh, Viceroy of Gujarat, declared their independence, and marched upon Agra in order to claim their riches.

Upon independence the United States had to protect its own merchant vessels.

Upon the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro with the Montenegrin independence referendum of 2006, a fraction of the joint military was given to Montenegro, with the bulk of the force remaining in Serbia.

Upon independence Barbados maintained historical linkages with Britain by establishing membership to the Commonwealth of Nations grouping.

Upon Indonesian independence, West Timor became part of the new Republic of Indonesia.

Upon independence, the PAP ceased operations outside Singapore, abandoning the nascent opposition movement it had started in Malaysia.

Upon independence in 1947, the government of India used the Johnson Line as the basis for its official boundary in the west, which included the Aksai Chin From the Karakoram Pass ( which is not under dispute ), the Indian claim line extends northeast of the Karakoram Mountains through the salt flats of the Aksai Chin, to set a boundary at the Kunlun Mountains, and incorporating part of the Karakash River and Yarkand River watersheds.

Upon Eritrea's independence in 1991, Tigrinya retained the status of working language in the country, the only state in the world to date to award Tigrinya recognition on a national level.

Upon Mexico's independence from Spain, church properties were secularized and in 1823, the area became part of a large grant to an ex-soldier stationed at the San Francisco Presidio, Francisco María Castro.

Upon independence from Spain, Mexican nobles were granted land parcels to establish large ranches, three of which covered areas now in Daly City and Colma.

Upon Congo's independence from Belgium, he was elected president by the Congo's new national assembly, taking office on June 30, 1960.

* Bulgaria: Upon independence in 1878 the overwhelmingly Turkish nobles estates were redistributed among peasant smallholdings.

Upon independence in 1947, six of the original ten Gurkha regiments remained with the Indian Army.

Upon its beginnings, the group attracted a wide variety of Puerto Rican independence supporters, including some of the members of the University Pro-Independence Federation of Puerto Rico ( FUPI ) and the Pro-Independence Movement.

Upon his return to Somalia, he remained with the military and eventually became Vice Commander of Somalia's Army when the country gained its independence in 1960.

Upon the formation of Pakistan, Khan helped set up an officer's school in Quetta, and commanded an infantry division during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Upon Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, a new set of gold armills were produced and presented on the behalf of various Commonwealth governments, namely: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Ceylon, and Southern Rhodesia.

Upon the establishment of Pakistan, Mirza was one of the highest-senior ranking government officer in the nation.

Upon the independence of Pakistan, Chaudhry got involved in the new government, moving up to high ranking positions in the National Assembly.

Upon the formation of Pakistan, he became an important part of the early government.

Upon his retirement from Hampshire in 1997, he settled permanently in Pakistan, where he continued to write a weekly column, for Dawn, Pakistan's oldest English-language newspaper.

Upon the formation of Pakistan in 1947, Bogra was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistanbut after disagreement with Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Governor-General, over the issue of the Bengali Language, he was sent abroad as an Ambassador and served in Burma, Canada, and eventually as a two-time Ambassador to the United States.

Upon the formation of Pakistan, Ali was made the Secretary General of the new nation and was instrumental to setting up a budget for the fledgling nation.

Upon the formation of Pakistan, Suhrawardy maintained his work in politics, continuing to focus on East Bengal as it became after the partition of India.

Upon the independence and partition of India in 1947, the Frontier Force Rifles was allotted to Pakistan Army.

Upon his return in 2010, he carved a more permanent place for himself as Pakistan opted for a twin-spin attack in Tests along with Saeed Ajmal.

Upon return from captivity, he was the only brigadier out of 32 or so who fought the 1971 War in East Pakistan to have been promoted to Major General rank.

Upon his return to Australia, he played only two more Tests in the 1972 – 73 season against Pakistan.

Upon chaudhry's refusal to resign, Musharraf forwarded the case to Supreme Judicial Council ( SJC ) as per procedure in constitution of Pakistan.

Upon the partition of British India in 1947 into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan, the India Office was closed down.

Upon returning to Pakistan, he secured the promotion as Major and posted as a military adviser to East-Pakistan Army from April 1954 to October 1954.