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South Asia in 1919

1919 is the year of the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1919 with 13 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in South Asia in 1919

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • British Raj
  • Tibet
  • Kuomintang
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Qajar Dynasty
  • Nepal
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Kingdom of Bhutan
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Portuguese Republic
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • French Indochina

New on the map since 1894

Tibet · Kuomintang · Khanate of Khiva · Emirate of Bukhara · Dutch East Indies · Portuguese Republic

Gone from the map by 1944

Kuomintang · Emirate of Afghanistan · Qajar Dynasty · Khanate of Khiva · Emirate of Bukhara · Dutch East Indies · Portuguese Republic · Rattanakosin Kingdom

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1919

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.