Renamed countries

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

• Muscat & Oman => Oman
• Transjordan => Jordan
• Trucial States => United Arab Emirates

Africa

Basutoland	Lesotho
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Burma	Myanmar
Ceylon	Sri Lanka
Dahomey	Benin
German East Africa	Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania
Muscat & Oman	Oman
Netherlands East Indies	Indonesia
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

Asia

• Burma => Myanmar
• Ceylon => Sri Lanka
• Netherlands East Indies => Indonesia

Pacific

• Gilbert and Ellice Islands => Kiribati & Tuvalu
• New Hebrides => Vanuatu