Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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*[[East Pakistan]] => [[Bangladesh]] | *[[East Pakistan]] => [[Bangladesh]] | ||
| + | *[[Basutoland]] => [[Lesotho]] | ||
*[[Burma]] => [[Myanmar]] | *[[Burma]] => [[Myanmar]] | ||
*[[Ceylon]] => [[Sri Lanka]] | *[[Ceylon]] => [[Sri Lanka]] | ||
Revision as of 19:31, December 8, 2008
- Basutoland => Lesotho
- Burma => Myanmar
- Ceylon => Sri Lanka
- Dahomey => Benin
- German East Africa => Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands => Kiribati & Tuvalu
- Muscat & Oman => Oman
- Netherlands East Indies => Indonesia
- New Hebrides => Vanuatu
- Northern Rhodesia => Zambia
- Nyasaland => Malawi
- Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia => Zimbabwe
- South West Africa => Namibia
- Spanish Sahara => Western Sahara
- Transjordan => Jordan
- Trucial States => United Arab Emirates
- Upper Volta => Burkina Faso