Country Details & Historical Timeline
Brief details of each countries status, history, nationality, occupying force,
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The Peoples Republic of Kampuchea was created on 10th January 1979 following the fall of Khmer Republic
Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 riel.
Independent in 1960 until re-united with Congo in 1963.
Formerly part of Aden Protectorate States.
Now Part of Southern Yemen.Currency : As Aden
A state in the Federation of Malaya.
Incorporated into Malaysia in 1963.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 Malaysian dollar.
Formerly known as British East Africa, and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.
Became independent in 1963 and a republic in 1964.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 shilling.
Formerly known as British East Africa.
Split into independent countries, Tanganyika in 1961, Uganda in 1962 and Kenya in 1963.Currency :
- 1903 to 1919 16 annas = 100 cents; 100 cents = 1 rupee.
- 1922 100 cents = 1 shilling sterling.
Cambodia was renamed to Khmer Republic on 9th October 1970.
It became known as Kampuchea in 1979.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 riel.
A port in Shantung, China. It was leased to Germany in 1898.
Japan occupied it in 1914. Reverted to China in 1922.Currency :
- 1900 100 pfennige = 1 mark.
- 1905 100 cents = 1 dollar (Chinese).
Relates to the Shakleton Antarctic Exhibition in 1908
Currency :
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Part of German East Africa. Occupied in World War 2 by Portugal.
Now incorporated into Mozambique.
A group of islands in the Pacific, Formerly known as the Gilbert Islands.
Became independent on 12 July 1979 when it was renamed to Kiribati.Currency :
- 100 cents = 1 Australian dollar.
A state of Rajasthan, India, now using Indian stamps.
Currency :
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
A peninsula in East Asia. Formerly an empire under Chinese sovereignty until 1910 when it fell into Japanese hands.
In 1945 Russia and the United States of America took control and split the country in 2.
In 1948 they became Independent republics named North Korea and South Korea.Currency :
- 10 mons = 1 poon.
- 1000 ro = 100 cheun; 100 chuen = 1 won.
- South Korea - 1953 100 weun = 1 hwan.
- South Korea - 1962 100 cheun = 1 won.
- North Korea - 1959 100 chon = 1 won.
A peninsula in East Asia under control of Russia.
A peninsula in East Asia under control of the United States of America.
An area in South Chine leased by France in April 1898 and returned in February 1943.
Currency :
- 1906 100 centimes = 1 franc.
- 1919 100 cents = 1 piastre.
Independent land on the Northwest coast of the Persian Gulf.
Self Government on 1 February 1959.
Became independent on 19 June 1961.Currency :
- 1923 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
- 1957 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
- 1961 1,000 fils = 1 dinar.
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