10 Asian Countries That Changed Their Names

Ever wondered why countries change their names? 🌏 In this video, we reveal the fascinating reasons behind 10 Asian nations that rebranded themselves—from political shifts to cultural pride. Explore how Burma became Myanmar, Persia turned to Iran, and Ceylon evolved into Sri Lanka. Discover the regional transformations that shaped Asia, like Korea's split after WWII and Siam's shift to Thailand. Learn how identity, independence, and history shape a nation’s name! 🇲🇲🇮🇷🇰🇷🇱🇰

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[dhirendrasingh]

Bro, it was British India which changed to India 😂

[johnwatkins]

Iran didn't change its name. Actually it wanted the world to call it with its historical name which used for more than thousands of years.

[enciknusansx]

Malaya became malaysia after sarawak, Singapore and sabah joined malaysia federation

[UmmaTaslima-mlwy]

I'm from Bangladesh and there's a history that I learned when I was in class 1

[The_last_ali]

Actually iran was iran but western and Arab countries have called it Persia in the past

[wws]

Taiwan is not her official name, Taiwan is just the local name for Formosa island (Formosa is named by Spanish during 15 or 16th century). The official name of Taiwan is Republic of China(Not People Republic of China) that includes Taiwan isles, Penghu, Kimen, Matsu, and Taiping island that in the Spartly Islands in the South China Sea

[atharvsuryavanshi]

India's name was never Hindustan officially. During the British Raj it was still India. (In English)

India is called (भारत, Bhārat) in Hindi and the same or similar terms in other Indian languages.

[Bylanese]

*West Pakistan & East Pakistan*
*North Korea & South Korea*

[sezersydm]

Türkiye changed its name, capital and regime 101 years ago. Before that we were ottoman empire under the rule of ottoman dynasty and capital was Istanbul. Now our country's name State of Republic of Türkiye. And the capital is Ankara.

[akoijamsubhaschandraangon]

What happened if Korea didn't split

[Ari-gold]

Iran was Iran going back to over 5000 yrs ago 😂😂😂. India wasn’t called Hindustan. It was India since the British took it over

[JebatBentanPantangDerhaka]

1957.. Tanah Melayu became Malaysia merging with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore (after long years Singapore split from Malaysia)

[سروشاژئیان]

Actually, the name of Iran is an ancient name used from hundreds of years ago, but it was neglected

[kamyaraghaei]

There is a lot of problem regarding Iran, which changed its name from Persia to Iran, since the time of the Sassanids (around the end of the 4th century), the people of Iran called their country Eranshahr, but other countries called it Persia.❤

[aquamarine]

Correction. Korea was divided into North and South after the Korean war in 1953, NOT in 1945.

[kirkyoung]

The names “changed” to better align with the inhabitants’ culture/language/original names; no longer to be known by their colonial/European given names.

[myrimpin]

North Borneo became Sabah, which is name of a country, but became state under Malaysia

[lancelottheknight]

Las Islas Filipinas then became Commonwealth of the Philippines (WW2 under America) then became Philippines during the independence 1947.

[adityasaxena]

French Indochina changed to Vietnam in the 1940s then to North Vietnam or Communist Vietnam in 1955 then Communist Vietnam in 1975

[theyoungwolf]

India was previously called India as well by Greeks and other Europeans. India has multiple name Hindustan, Bharat, India