{"slug": "maldives", "label": "Maldives", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826", "qid": "Q826", "description": "sovereign state in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [1117, 2016], "span_label": ["1117 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thailand", "label": "Thailand", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sumatra", "label": "Sumatra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "somalia", "label": "Somalia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "singapore", "label": "Singapore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "commonwealth-of-nations", "label": "Commonwealth of Nations", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1117, "year_label": "1117 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Mahaabarana Adeettiya (Koimala) from the Theemuge Dynasty becomes the first king to rule over the whole Maldives. He reclaims the northern atolls from the Indian invaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694426#Asia", "title": "1117", "revid": 1361694426, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dhovemi, ruler of the Maldives, converts to Islam and adopts the Muslim title of Sultan Muhammad ibn Abdullah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Religion", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Portuguese colonists are expelled from the Maldives, where Portugal has had a presence since 1558, by order of the Sultan's son, Mohamed Bodu Takurufanu al-Azam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656331#October–December", "title": "1573", "revid": 1366656331, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala becomes the new Sultan of the Maldives as Muhammad Ali IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#October–December", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – WWII: The New Zealand Division cruiser HMS Leander (1931) sinks Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I off the Maldives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#February", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The other two southern islands of the Maldives, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah, join Addu Atoll in forming the United Suvadive Republic (abolished September 1963).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#March", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September–October", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – A second republic is declared in the Maldives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#November–December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – 1988 Maldives coup attempt: The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, attempts to overthrow the Maldivian government. At the request of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#November", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – The 9.1–9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, killing 227,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#December", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#October", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › October"}}]}