Thursday, January 31, 2013

Changed Names of Important Countries


Abyssinia-Ethiopia

Angora-Ankara

Basutoland-Lesotho

Batavia-Djakarta

Burma-Mayanmar

Bechuanaland-Botswana

British Guiana-Guyana

Combodia-Kampuchea

Cape Canaveral-Cape Kennedy

Ceylon-Sri Lanka

Christina-Oslo

Congo-Zaire

Constantinople-Istanbul

Dacca-Dhaka

Dutch East Indies-Indonesia

Dutch Guiana-Surinam

Formosa-Taiwan

Gold Coast-Ghana

Hollad-The Netherlands

Japan-Nippon

Malaya-Malaysia

Manchukuo-Manchuri

Mesopotamia-Iraq

Northern Rhodesia-Zambia

Nyasaland-Malawi

Peking (China)-Beijing

Persia-Iran

Rangoon-Yongon

Rhodesia-Zimbabwe

Salisbury-Harare

Sam-Thailand

South-West Africa-Namibia

Thanganyika Zanzibar-Tanzania