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 »Quest for the Independence of Philippines Though the United States returned to power in the Philippines, the Filipinos did not want to be under colonial rule indefinitely. Time and again, Filipino leaders went to Washington to demand independence between 1919 – 1934. They constantly tried to make the United States aware that the Philippines would […]
Read More »The American Rule and Japanese Invasion The Spanish rule in Philippines ended in 1898, and thus the nationalists were successful in driving away the Spanish. With that, in 1899, Aguinaldo formed the Philippine Republic – a new, independent nation, and became its first president. The new government declared its independence on 12th June, 1898 and […]
Read More »The Philippine Revolution: (1896 – 1898/99) As the Philippines opened their markets, the Spanish began using the colony to extract raw materials and wreak havoc on the locals. However, development and awareness and the need for change also began seeking in the minds of the Filipinos. Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and others, demanded the […]
Read More »History of the Philippines: (1521–1898) The Spanish Rule Much before the arrival of the Spanish in the sixteenth century, the Philippines already had a considerable population that was settled in numerous barangays (villages). Early Filipino history does not prove the existence of any great dynasties, however, barangays had proper leaders who were known as datus […]
Read More »Introduction: South-East Asia South-East 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 »RESISTANCE TO THE FRENCH:- Resistance to the French in Vietnam began in the 1860s and continued sporadically until the 1930s, remerging during World War II and reaching a climax in September 1945 when the Vietnamese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh (l890-1969) declared Vietnam’s independence. There was much less resistance to France in Cambodia and Laos. […]
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