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Updated: 17 Sep 2018
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Created byChutemont Ek
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Cambodia officially gained its independence from FranceKing Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit.Cambodia severed ties with South Vietnam.General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. Start of the Cambodian Civil War and the US Cambodian CampaignThe Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of Kingdom of Cambodia.Sihanouk exiled and establishment of Democratic Kampuchea under total Khmer Rouge control.Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh establishing the People's Republic of Kampuchea. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is over.The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia.A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia.Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them.A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.Death of Pol Pot.An Angkor newspaper reported that Suvanant Kongying, a Thai actress, had claimed that Angkor Wat rightfully belonged to Thailand.2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.Cambodian parliamentary election: Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated. His son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor.Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk died in Beijing at the age of 89.Military police opened fire at opposition protesters, leaving 3 people dead and more than 20 injured.
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