11 Countries with their Old Names

There are about 206 countries in the
world. Many of them are existed
since many centuries while some of
them came into existence with in
last 100 years. There were several
reasons behind their existence
including geographical facts and
boundaries, political issues, conflicts
between different castes and
religions etc.
In this post, we’ll try to list those
countries, that got their new names
with in last 100 years.
Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon until 1972 and the old name was given to them by
Portuguese and British.
Bechuanaland was the old name of Botswana until its independence from the British
Empire in 1966.
Cambodia ‘s old name was Kampuchea and it changed into its current name i.e.
Cambodia in 1993.
Zaire was an African country that existed from 1971 to 1997, currently it is known as
Congo.
French Somaliland was a French territory till 1967. After its independence fro France, it
was named as Djibouti .
Ghana was known as Gold Coast until ins independence from the British in 1957.
Indonesia was a Dutch colony from 1800 till 1945 and it was known as Dutch East
Indies.
Basutoland was the old name of Lesotho until its independence from United Kingdom
in 1966.
Thailand was known as Siam until 1949.
Northern Rhodesia was a central southern African territory from 1911 till 1964. Upon
its independence in 1964, it was named as Zambia.
Zimbabwe had taken its current name in 1980, before this period it was named as
Rhodesia. Originally it was Southern Rhodesia which was changed to Rhodesia after its
independence from British.

I prefer Northern Rhodesia to Zambia,why did they had to chnage the name.

Biafra nko

chucky234: I prefer Northern Rhodesia to Zambia,why did they had to chnage the name.

Because it like being named after the first whit guy to step foot inside nigeria

wawa_boy: Biafra nko

its a scam