Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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*[[Persia]] => [[Iran]] - the language is still called [[Persian]] | *[[Persia]] => [[Iran]] - the language is still called [[Persian]] | ||
*[[Siam]] => [[Thailand]] - they speak [[Siamese]] or [[Thai]] | *[[Siam]] => [[Thailand]] - they speak [[Siamese]] or [[Thai]] | ||
| − | *[[East Pakistan]] => [[Bangladesh]] - formed after the partition of [[India]], over [[Gandhi]]'s protest | + | *[[East Pakistan]] => [[Bangladesh]] - formed after the partition of [[India]], over [[Gandhi]]'s protest, and independent from [[Pakistan]] in 1971. |
Others may have escaped all but the best [[geography]] students | Others may have escaped all but the best [[geography]] students | ||
Revision as of 19:41, December 8, 2008
Some renamed countries are well known in the West:
- Persia => Iran - the language is still called Persian
- Siam => Thailand - they speak Siamese or Thai
- East Pakistan => Bangladesh - formed after the partition of India, over Gandhi's protest, and independent from Pakistan in 1971.
Others may have escaped all but the best geography students
Middle East
Africa
- Basutoland => Lesotho
- Bechuanaland => Botswana
- Dahomey => Benin
- German East Africa => Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania
- Northern Rhodesia => Zambia
- Nyasaland => Malawi
- Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia => Zimbabwe
- South West Africa => Namibia
- Spanish Sahara => Western Sahara
- Upper Volta => Burkina Faso
- Zaire => Democratic Republic of Congo