BURMA Burma is a small Asian nation bordering India and china. She was a part of India till 1937 and was a part of British imperialism as well. She was declared as an independent country by the Government of India Act, 1935. It has a land area of 261,789 square miles and a population of […]
Read More »INDONESIA Indonesia formally know as Netherland east India if an archipelago which is extending from Malayasia to new guinea it is a chain of islands which is stretching through 55 degrees of longitude on both sides of equator. In these islands the main products of trade are sugarcane, rubber, tea, coffee, quinine, palm oil, coconut […]
Read More »Thailand (Siam) Physical features of thailand : The country had an area of 2 Lakh sq.miles. it is the most rice producing through some parts are hilly and mountainous. The country has broadly 2 seasons dry and wet. The Population : In 1967 total population was 32 Lakh which consisted of Chinese, Muslim Malays and […]
Read More »The Land And The People : Philippine island like south of Formosa are mountainous. In these islands there are many extinct and active volcanoes. The largest volcanoes are those of Luzon and Mindanao. The total area of these island is about ¼ of Japan in the western part of these island wet and dry seasons […]
Read More »FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA Tegku Abdul Rehman proposed in 1971 for the establishment for the federation of Malaysia that will include Malay and Singapore three British protected territories of Sabha in North Borneo, Sarwak and Brunei. The Federation Singapore would retain its free port status and enjoy considerable autonomy. The Borneo States were given larger number […]
Read More »THE INVASION OF THE JAPANESE The Japanese invaded Malaya in the year 1942 had a tremendous effect on the country. During this period the Japanese like the British favoured the Malayas and intentionally tried to aggravate the racial atmosphere between them and the Chinese. Besides increasing hostility between these two ethnic groups, resulted their sharpening […]
Read More »A PLURASLISTIC SOCIETY The pluralistic nature of the Malaya society thus stood in the way of the growth of Nationalism and political unity. This means a society composed of two or more racial communities living side by side but to inter marrying to any extent, with differing standards of life, without a common culture. The […]
Read More »INTRODUCTION The Malaya peninsula, with an area of about 53,000 square miles, approximately the size of Florida had a population of about 5,000,000 in 1940 and nearly 8,500,000 in 1966. It is characterized by a central mountain chain with altitude ranging from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, below which lie the rolling foothill country and the […]
Read More »Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a sub region of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and Bay of Bengal, to the east […]
Read More »Geography of Timor-Leste East Timor is located in the eastern part of Timor, an island in the Indonesian archipelago that lies between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. East Timor includes the enclave of Oecussi, which is located within West Timor (Indonesia). After Indonesia, East Timor’s closest neighbor is Australia, 400 mi to […]
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