29/09/2026
Asian Countries and From Whom They Got Freedom 🌏
A visual look at how countries across Asia achieved independence, separated from colonial rule, or emerged through major historical transformations.
🇮🇳 India — Britain (1947)
🇵🇰 Pakistan — Britain (1947)
🇧🇩 Bangladesh — Pakistan (1971)
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — Britain (1948)
🇲🇲 Myanmar — Britain (1948)
🇲🇻 Maldives — Britain (1965)
🇳🇵 Nepal — Never formally colonised
🇧🇹 Bhutan — Never formally colonised
🇨🇳 China — Qing Dynasty (1911)
🇲🇳 Mongolia — Qing Dynasty (1921)
🇻🇳 Vietnam — France (1954)
🇱🇦 Laos — France (1954)
🇰🇭 Cambodia — France (1953)
🇮🇩 Indonesia — Netherlands (1949)
🇲🇾 Malaysia — Britain (1957)
🇸🇬 Singapore — Britain (1963; separated from Malaysia in 1965)
🇵🇭 Philippines — USA (1946)
🇰🇷 South Korea — Japan (1945)
🇰🇵 North Korea — Japan (1945)
🇹🇼 Taiwan — Japan (1945)
🇧🇳 Brunei — Britain (1984)
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste — Indonesia (2002)
🇰🇼 Kuwait — Britain (1961)
🇶🇦 Qatar — Britain (1971)
🇦🇪 UAE — Britain (1971)
📌 History is rarely as simple as “who gave whom freedom.” Independence often involved decolonisation, war, political transition, partition, revolution, or the end of a treaty relationship.
