Decolonisation and the rise of Asia 1945–today

Independence, Cold War conflicts and the economic rise of East and South Asia.

Map of Asia in 1994, during the Decolonisation and the rise of Asia — Border map for 1994. See the world in 1994.

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Timeline

Year	Event	Where
1945	Atomic bombing of Hiroshima	Hiroshima
1945	Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa	Battle of Okinawa
1947	Partition and Indian independence	Delhi
1949	The People's Republic of China is proclaimed	Beijing
1950	The Incheon landing	Battle of Incheon
1954	Battle of Dien Bien Phu	Battle of Dien Bien Phu
1975	Fall of Saigon: the Vietnam War ends	Ho Chi Minh City
1997	Hong Kong returns to China	Hong Kong
1999	Macau returns to China	Macau

Battles and sites

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Notable people of the Decolonisation and the rise of Asia

Lived	Person
1869 – 1948	Mahatma Gandhi	Leader of Indian independence
1876 – 1948	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	Founder of Pakistan
1889 – 1964	Jawaharlal Nehru	First prime minister of India
1890 – 1969	Ho Chi Minh	Vietnamese revolutionary leader

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.