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TheCroatian question(Croatian:Hrvatsko pitanje) refers to a political, cultural, social and economical status ofCroatsinAustria-Hungary,Kingdom of Yugoslavia,SFR Yugoslaviaand post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Territory of the Banovina Croatia compared to present-day Croatia and neighbouring states.

The first steps towards Croathome rulewere made in 1939 with theCvetković–Maček Agreement,creating theautonomous Banovina of Croatia.This province, mostly coterminous with the formerSavaandLittoral Banovinaswith the exception of a few other Croat-majority regions, lasted untilinvasion of Yugoslaviaduring theWorld War II,with theIndependent State of Croatiabeing established as aNazi German puppet state10 April 1941.

In post-WWII Yugoslavia, the Croatiannational questionwas mostly resolved on 25 June 1991 with theindependenceof theRepublic of Croatia,from the territory of the constituentSR Croatia.