Tanganyika was an East African territory lying between the Indian Ocean and the largest of the African great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika. From 9 December 1961 to 26 April 1964 it was also an independent nation. Once part of the colony of German East Africa, it comprised today's Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania with the exclusion of Zanzibar. After World War I the parts that're today's Rwanda and Burundi became a League of Nations mandate governed by Belgium. The major par… (More on Tanganyika)