Southern Asia, 17 Aug 1912: Tibetan Independence
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 17 Aug 1912 (Pax Britannica: Tibetan Independence), showing the following events: Yuan Shikai becomes President; Reunification of Bengal; Tibetan Independence; Italian invasion of the Dodecanese; British note on Tibet.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

R e p u b l i c

o f C h i n a

R u s s i a n

E m p i r e

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Afghanistan(Br. prot.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Ha'il(Ott. suz.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

(Russian sphere)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Cyprus(Br. adm.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

Kashmir(Br. Ind. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

Bukhara(Rus. prot.)

Hyderabad(Br. Ind. prot.)

Mysore(Br. Ind. prot.)

Baluchistan(Br. Ind. agcy)

Central India(Br. Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Br. Ind. agcy)

Bihar

&

Orissa

Maldives(Br. prot.)

(British
sphere)

Anaza(Ott. suz.)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

Mar 1912Yuan Shikai made
president of China

Apr 1912Bengal reunited

4 Apr 1912Tibet declares
independence from China

Apr–May 1912Italy seizes
Dodecanese

17 Aug 1912British warn China
against sending
troops to Tibet

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