South Asia in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Raj
- Republic of China
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Communist Party of China
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Empire of Japan
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Thailand
- French Indochina
New on the map since 1920
Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Communist Party of China · Pahlavi Dynasty · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Empire of Japan · Estado Novo · Kingdom of Thailand
Gone from the map by 1970
British Raj · Republic of China · Tibet · Communist Party of China · Empire of Japan · Estado Novo · French Indochina
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1945
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.