While the easter coast of the United States was well-formed in the 19th-century, the territories west of the Mississippi River were yet to be formed into their…

On certain maps, the Malay peninsula is wrongly marked as a gigantic stretch covering the entire Philippine Islands, the Kra Isthmus of Thailand and the Malay …

Saudi Arabia is a 20th century nation formed by the union of the two largest Arab kingdoms - Hejaz and Nejd. Both the kingdoms are fairly new with the former g…

As India gained independence, there were several interim states that had interesting names, quite unusual to be called an 'Indian' state. Usually, the …

The former Princely State of Mysore was one of the earliest royalties to accede to the Indian Union in 1947, without much hassle or trouble. Although not direc…