Cambodia was a French protectorate for 90 years before it gained independence from France on November 9, 1953. Independence Day, which marks that event, is a national holiday. The principal celebrations are held in the capital city of Phnom Penh, beginning with a morning ceremony at Independence...
In 1946, Cambodia was granted self-rule within the French Union and had its protectorate status abolished in 1949. In June 1952, King Sihanouk announced the dismissal of his cabinet, suspended the constitution, and assumed control of the government as prime minister to start his royal crusade fo...
In March 1945 the Japanese military command announced the dissolution of the French protectorate and the restoration of Cambodia’s “independence.” The resistance movement against the Japanese imperialists arose under the leadership of the patriotic organization Free Khmer (Khmer Issarak). After 1945...
protectorate of France and a virtual colony by the twentieth century. In 1941, the French installed Prince Sihanouk on the Cambodian throne. Having sensed that the French influence was affected by World War II, with the support of the Japanese, Sihanouk declared independence from France in March...
Anti-French guerrillas, active from 1945, gave the impetus to a communist-led revolution. A fragile peace was established before Cambodia gained independence in 1953 but in 1967 the Khmer Rouge took up arms to support peasants against a rice tax. Their aim was to establish a communist rice-...
and widespread depopulation. It was not until the establishment of the French protectorate in 1863 that internal security was restored, thecountry’sborders stabilized, and effortsundertakento revive traditional Khmer art forms. After Cambodia gained independence fromFrancein 1953, the government placed ...
In his speech, Hun Sen showed his profound gratitude to late King Father Norodom Sihanouk for his royal crusade to gain the independence from the French protectorate and to soldiers for their sacrifices for the cause of the country's independence. ...
Cambodia was granted independence within the French Union in 1949. But the French-Indochinese War provided an opportunity for Sihanouk to gain full military control of the country. He abdicated in 1955 in favor of his parents, remaining head of the government, and when his father died in 1960...
In 1863, the ruler of Cambodia sought protection ofFrancedue to numerous disputes with neighboring Thailand and Thailand became “protectorate of France” from 1867 to 1953. In 1953 the whole Indochina got its independence from France including Vietnam and Cambodia. ...
Cambodia first came into the French sphere in 1863. Seeking assistance fending off Siam and Vietnam, and under pressure from France, Cambodian King Norodom signed a Protectorate agreement with France in August 1863. On French encouragement, the seat of government was officially moved from Oudong ...