Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory (and, from December 9, 1961 to April 26, 1964, an independent nation) lying between the largest of the African great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika, after which it was named. Once part of the colony of German East Africa, it comprises the mainland part of today's Tanzania, which includes the islands of Zanzibar. After World War I it came under British military rule and its transfer to Britain under the 1919 Treaty of Ver… (More on Tanganyika)