South Asia in 1949
1949 is the year NATO and the two German states were founded. This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1949
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of India
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of China
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Burma
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sri Lanka
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Thailand
- French Indochina
New on the map since 1924
Republic of India · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Burma · Sri Lanka · Sultanate of Aceh · Estado Novo · Kingdom of Thailand
Gone from the map by 1974
Republic of China · Tibet · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Sultanate of Aceh · Estado Novo · French Indochina
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1949
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.