Prince Louis Rwagasore (10 January 1932-13 October 1961) was a Burundi nationalist and prime minister. He was the son of Mwami (King) Mwambutsa IV. He briefly attended university in Belgium, but left to spearhead his country's anti-colonial movement. He founded a series of African cooperatives to encourage economic independence, but these were quickly banned by Belgium in 1958. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Categories: Burundi ... Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng (1912 - 1977) was the king of Burundi from December 16, 1915 to July 8, 1966. ... World map of colonialism at the end of the Second World War in 1945. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

That same year, Rwagasore established a nationalist political movement, UPRONA (Union for National Progress). Believing that the role of the royal family should transcend partisan politics, his father promoted him to Chief of Butanyerera, but Rwagasore turned down the appointment so that he could devote himself fully to the nationalist cause. At the first UPRONA Congress (March 1960), he demanded complete independence for Burundi and called on the local population to boycott Belgian stores and refuse to pay taxes. Because of his calls for civil disobedience, he was placed under house arrest. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Despite the setbacks, Rwagasore and UPRONA won a clear victory in elections for the colony's Legislative Assembly in 1961, winning 80 percent of the vote. The next day, he was declared prime minister, with a mandate to prepare the country for independence. Just two weeks later, he was assassinated by his political rivals, the pro-Belgian PDC. He died eight months before seeing Burundi gain its independence. Inter-ethnic rivalries between the Hutu and Tutsi factions of UPRONA flared shortly after. With Rwangasore's death came the end of his dream of a united, democratic Burundi. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hutu is the name given to one of the three ethnic groups occupying Burundi and Rwanda. ... The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa and the Hutu. ...