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Event 1941: Japanese occupation of Cambodia: Japanese troops occupied Cambodia. King Sisowath Monivong died. The French chose his grandson Norodom Sihanouk to succeed him. 1945: After its defeat in World War II, Japan relinquished its Indochinese territories. 1953: 9 November: Cambodia officially gained its independence from France. 1955: 2 March
Cambodia has numerous public holidays, including memorial holidays and religious holidays of Buddhist origin. The Khmer traditional calendar, known as ចន្ទគតិ Chântôkôtĕ, is a lunisolar calendar although the word itself means lunar calendar. [1]
2024 events in Cambodia by month (2 C) D. Diplomatic conferences in Cambodia (1 P) Disasters in Cambodia (3 C) Disestablishments in Cambodia (5 C) E.
7 January – Former Cambodia National Rescue Party MP Lim Kimya is shot dead in Bangkok, Thailand shortly after arriving from Siem Reap. [ 2 ] 16 January - Two deminers are killed in a anti-tank mine explosion near Trapeang Prey in Oddar Meanchey province .
A drunk wedding guest drives into a wedding in Chrouy Neang Nguon, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, injuring at least 13 Dutch nationals. [11] 14 August – A secondary school in Kratié, Cambodia, once a supply depot during the country's civil war, temporarily closes after over 2,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance are found. [12]
12 September – The United States imposes sanctions on billionaire senator Ly Yong Phat for involvement in human rights abuses relating to online scam operations. [16]20 September – Prime Minister Hun Manet announces the country's withdrawal from an agreement establishing the Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area following protests against land concessions.
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, begins with the earliest evidence of habitation around 5000 BCE. [1] [2] Detailed records of a political structure on the territory of what is now Cambodia first appear in Chinese annals in reference to Funan, a polity that encompassed the southernmost part of the Indochinese peninsula during the 1st to 6th centuries.
' Great Sankranti ') or Sangkran, [1]: 63 [2]: 138 is the traditional celebration of the solar new year in Cambodia. [3] A three-day public holiday in the country , the observance begins on New Year's Day, which usually falls on 13 April or 14 April, which is the end of the harvesting season, when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor before ...