South Asia in 1961
1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was built. 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 1961
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of India
- People's Republic of China
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Burma
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Republic of Indonesia
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Thailand
New on the map since 1936
Republic of India · People's Republic of China · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Burma · Sri Lanka · Republic of Indonesia
Gone from the map by 1986
Kingdom of Afghanistan · Pahlavi Dynasty · Estado Novo
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1961
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.